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独 dú

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独 dú Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dú | du2
English translation
alone
independent
single
sole
only
alone, independent, only, single, solitary

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About 独 dú

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

獨 dú

Contains the radical

犭 quǎn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

dog

Etymology of 独 dú

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰犭虫

Semantic compound

犭 quǎn

Phonetic compound

虫 chóng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 quǎn represents the meaning and 虫 chóng represents the sound. Simplified form of 獨 dú .

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Example sentences using 独 dú

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她 tā 独自 dú zì 一 yī 人 rén 在 zài 这 zhè 所 suǒ 房子 fáng zi 里 lǐ 过 Guò 了 le 一 yī 冬 dōng .

She lived alone in the house for a whole winter.

他 tā 独自 dú zì 哼 hēng 着 zhāo 一 yī 支 Zhī 曲子 qǔzi .

He was humming a tune to himself.

她 tā 独自 dú zì 哼 hēng 着 zhāo 歌 gē .

She was humming a song to herself.

短 duǎn 桨 jiǎng 特别 tèbié 用于 yòng yú 划 huá 独木舟 dú mù zhōu 和 hé 小艇.

Paddles are used especially to propel canoes and kayaks.

逛 guàng 暗娼 àn chāng 他 tā 也 Yě 想 xiǎng 独占 dú zhàn ,因为 yīnwèi 他 tā 有 yǒu 钱 Qián .

Even in brothels he wanted to monopolize because he had money.

Words with 独 dú

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
独立 dúlì independent獨立
单独 dāndú alone單獨
孤独 gūdú lonely孤獨
独自 dú zì alone獨自
独特 dútè unique獨特
独 dú alone獨 dú
独舞 dú wǔ solo dance獨舞
独家 dú jiā exclusive獨家
独一无二 dú yī wú èr nothing compares with it獨一無二
独处 dú chǔ to live alone獨處
独有 dú yǒu unique to獨有
独资 dú zī exclusive investment獨資
独到 dú dào original獨到
独裁 dúcái dictatorship獨裁
独裁者 dú cái zhě dictator獨裁者
独占 dú zhàn to monopolize獨佔
独角兽 dú jiǎo shòu unicorn獨角獸
独身 dú shēn unmarried獨身
独白 dú bái soliloquy獨白
情有独钟 qíng yǒu dú zhōng to have a feeling for sth (affection, sympathy, passion etc)情有獨鍾
独奏 dú zòu solo獨奏
独唱 dú chàng to solo獨唱
独生子女 dú shēng zǐ nǚ an only child獨生子女
独立自主 dú lì zì zhǔ to act independently獨立自主
独创 dú chuàng innovation獨創

独 dú Decomposition & Compounds

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独 dú Decomposition

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