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单独 dāndú

单独 dāndú Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 单独 dāndú .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dāndú | dan1 du2
English translation
alone
by oneself
on one's own

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Traditional form

單獨

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 单独 dāndú

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Shàn

Explanation

Simplified form of dān . Pictograph of a hunting or military trap constructed from two rocks and a net. The current meaning "single" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

ha

Number of Strokes

8

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. quǎn represents the meaning and chóng represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Phonetic compound

chóng

Semantic compound

quǎn

Positional decomposition

犭虫

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 单独 dāndú

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逻辑学 luó ji xué zài 这里 zhè lǐ shì 作为 zuòwéi 单独 dāndú 一门 lái 讲授 jiǎng shòu de .

Logic is taught here as a separate subject.

从不 cóng bù 我们 wǒmen zài 一起 yīqǐ , 总是 zǒngshì 自己 zìjǐ 单独 dāndú wán .

He never joins with us; he always plays on his own.

每个苹果 píngguǒ dōu yòng zhǐ 单独 dāndú Bāo zhāo .

Each apple was individually wrapped in paper.

yòng 特写 tè xiě qiáo dǐng 单独 dāndú huá chū , 然后 ránhòu shì qiáo de bēi 阴影 yīn yǐng miàn .

Use spot meter to isolate bridge roof, then shady side of bridge.

gāng 准备 zhǔnbèi gěi 霍布单独 dāndú shǎng 一次 yī cì .

I was just going to give Hob a private lesson.

单独 dāndú Decomposition

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单独 dāndú Compounds

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