独 (獨) dú
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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) -
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) -
noun
an elderly person without children
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '獨' n; Kroll 2015 '獨' 1b; NCCED '独' 2) -
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) -
adverb
uniquely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 2; NCCED '独' 5) -
adjective
intolerant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '独' 6) -
adverb
lonely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 1a) -
adverb
yet; still
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 偏偏 (Guoyu '獨' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '獨' 5) -
adverb
especially
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 6) -
particle
particle suggesting disbelief
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '獨' 7) -
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) -
adjective
alone; eka
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: eka, Japanese: doku, or: toku (BCSD '獨', p. 817; MW 'eka'; SH '獨', p. 448; Unihan '獨')
Contained in
- 只树给孤独园(祇樹給孤獨園) Anāthapiṇḍada’s park at Jetavana
- 独觉(獨覺) Pratyeka-Buddha; Pratyekabuddha
- 妙玄独脚(妙玄獨腳) walking alone through the wonderful mystery ; through the marvelous mystery, walking alone
- 纯圆独妙(純圓獨妙) the pure, perfect, unique, and profound [Lotus Sutra]
- 乐独善寂(樂獨善寂) desire tranquility with its own joy
- 独坐大雄峯(獨坐大雄峯) to sit alone on a great mountain
- 独乐寺(獨樂寺) Dule Temple
- 独柯多(獨柯多) wrongdoing; misdeed; minor misdeed; duṣkṛta; dukkaṭa
- 独存(獨存) isolation; kaivalya
- 独觉乘(獨覺乘) Pratyekabuddha vehicle
Also contained in
独生子女 、 独人秀 、 独具 、 独龙江 、 一枝独秀 、 独属 、 独尊儒术 、 独揽 、 墨西哥独立战争 、 数独 、 匠心独运 、 独木不成林 、 江东独步 、 独领风骚 、 得天独厚 、 孤独症 、 民贼独夫 、 鼇头独占 、 独当一面 、 独步当时 、 单独 、 独立战争 、 独唱 、 独山子区 、 独联体 、 独持异议 、 独一 、 独木桥 、 独奏 、 独步一时 、 单打独斗 、 非独 、 独体字 、 独在异乡为异客 、 独守空房 、 外商独资企业 、 独特 、 鳏寡孤独 、 独院 、 独霸 、 独酌
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 42
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 40
- Scroll 2 Fo Shuo Wushang Yi Jing 佛說無上依經 — count: 34
- Scroll 44 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 33
- Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 31
- Scroll 17 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 31 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 29
- Scroll 6 Collection of Meanings and Terms in Translation (Fanyi Mingyi Ji) 翻譯名義集 — count: 27
- Scroll 68 Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄 — count: 26 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Sukhāvatīvyūhasūtra (Amituo Sanyesan Fo Saloufo Tan Guodu Rendao Jing) 阿彌陀三耶三佛薩樓佛檀過度人道經 — count: 25
Collocations
- 独住 (獨住) 獨住遠離 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 101
- 远离独 (遠離獨) 便在遠離獨住 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 78
- 乐独 (樂獨) 樂獨閑居之所得也 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 13
- 独在 (獨在) 出家之人獨在空野 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 9
- 独闲居 (獨閑居) 樂獨閑居之所得也 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 8
- 独坐 (獨坐) 獨坐自思惟 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 5
- 阿难独 (阿難獨) 佛與阿難獨留 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 独安靖 (獨安靖) 有一比丘獨安靖處宴坐思惟 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 45 — count: 4
- 世尊独 (世尊獨) 世尊獨不聞乎 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 不乐独 (不樂獨) 不樂獨住遠離之處 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 49 — count: 4