独 (獨)

  1. adjective alone; independent; single; sole
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 独 is used in this sense as an adjective and as an adverb in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '獨' adj; Kroll 2015 '獨' 1; NCCED '独' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 133; Unihan '獨'). For example, 孟子獨不與驩言 'There is only Mencius who does not speak to me ...' (Mengzi: 8.27/43/27, translation by Legge)
  2. adverb to be independent
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 专断 (Guoyu '獨' adv 4; Kroll 2015 '獨' 3; NCCED '独' 3)
  3. noun an elderly person without children
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '獨' n; Kroll 2015 '獨' 1b; NCCED '独' 2)
  4. adverb only
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 只 (Guoyu '獨' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '獨' 4; NCCED '独' 4)
  5. adverb uniquely
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 2; NCCED '独' 5)
  6. adjective intolerant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '独' 6)
  7. adverb lonely
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 1a)
  8. adverb yet; still
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 偏偏 (Guoyu '獨' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '獨' 5)
  9. adverb especially
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 6)
  10. particle particle suggesting disbelief
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 7)
  11. noun doucs; douc langurs
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A kind of old world monkey in the genus Pygathrix (Kroll 2015 '獨' 8)

Contained in

Also contained in

独揽无独有偶一枝独秀独具只眼独居不同群独行其是罢黜百家,独尊儒术独生子女戛戛独造独吞独唱美国独立战争独立中文笔会独龙江独苗独立报独创性非独立独立门户离独独资数独遗世独立独立踽踽独行独脚跳独处独白非独己独鳏寡孤独独山县独占独具藏独孤独于世匠心独运独子独幕剧独生独奏独立选民独体

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

Collocations