独 dú
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 虫 insect, worm
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
独
dú
alone; by oneself; only
Character
Example phrases
- 他独坐在空荡的会议室里，反复推敲那份辞呈的措辞。 Tā dú zuò zài kōngdàng de huìyìshì lǐ, fǎnfù tuīqiāo nà fèn cíchéng de cuòcí. He sat alone in the empty meeting room, repeatedly weighing the wording of that resignation letter.
- 她独坐窗前，静静地看着雨。 Tā dú zuò chuāng qián, jìngjìng de kàn zhe yǔ. She sat alone by the window, quietly watching the rain.
- 老人独居在山村里，已经十多年了。 Lǎorén dú jū zài shāncūn lǐ, yǐjīng shí duō nián le. The old man has lived alone in a mountain village for over ten years.
Related words
- 单独 dāndú alone; by oneself
- 独立 dúlì independent
- 独特 dútè unique
- 独自 dúzì alone
- 孤独 gūdú lonely
- 得天独厚 détiāndúhòu exceptionally favourable; richly endowed by nature
- 独家 dújiā exclusive
- 独身 dúshēn single; unmarried
- 独一无二 dúyīwú'èr unique; one of a kind
- 唯独 wéidú only; alone; solely
- 百般 bǎibān in every possible way; all sorts of
- 单方面 dānfāngmiàn one-sided; unilateral; from one side only