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
独身
dúshēn
single; unmarried
Characters in this word
身 shēn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 身 — body, torso
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 她选择独身并不是逃避家庭责任，而是更愿意把精力投入研究。 Tā xuǎnzé dúshēn bìng bú shì táobì jiātíng zérèn, ér shì gèng yuànyì bǎ jīnglì tóurù yánjiū. She chose to remain single not to avoid family responsibilities, but because she preferred to devote her energy to research.
- 他到四十岁还独身，朋友们都替他着急。 Tā dào sìshí suì hái dúshēn, péngyoumen dōu tì tā zháojí. At forty he is still single, and his friends worry on his behalf.
- 越来越多的年轻人选择独身生活。 Yuè lái yuè duō de niánqīng rén xuǎnzé dúshēn shēnghuó. More and more young people choose to live single.
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 dú alone; by oneself; only
- 独家 dújiā exclusive
- 独一无二 dúyīwú'èr unique; one of a kind
- 唯独 wéidú only; alone; solely
- 身上 shēnshang on the body; on oneself
- 身体 shēntǐ body; health