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
- 唯我独尊(唯我獨尊) I alone am the honored one
- 亦非自我而独专(亦非自我而獨專) nor do I have any skill in composition
- 只树给孤独园(祇樹給孤獨園) Anāthapiṇḍada’s park at Jetavana
- 七俱胝独部法(七俱胝獨部法) Goddess of Seven Koti Ritual; Qi Juzhi Du Bu Fa
- 乐独善寂(樂獨善寂) desire tranquility with its own joy
- 给孤独(給孤獨) Anathapindada
- 独觉乘(獨覺乘) Pratyekabuddha vehicle
- 非独第一义谛(非獨第一義諦) not only in ultimate reality
- 孤独地狱(孤獨地獄) The Isolated Hells
- 独坐大雄峯(獨坐大雄峯) to sit alone on a great mountain
- 丹霄独步(丹霄獨步) to walk alone under a red sky
- 给孤独园(給孤獨園) Anathapindada’s park; Anathapimdasya arama
- 灵光独耀(靈光獨耀) the spiritual light shines alone
Also contained in
独身 、 孤独症 、 得天独厚 、 独裁政体 、 独立宣言 、 独角兽 、 孤独 、 独创 、 不得独进 、 港独 、 独行侠 、 藏独 、 独有 、 独领风骚 、 独到 、 独龙江 、 司法独立 、 单打独斗 、 无独有偶 、 独在异乡为异客 、 独属 、 独步 、 独秀 、 独占 、 独酌 、 独霸 、 独步当时 、 独生子 、 独院儿 、 独山 、 独迈 、 独来独往 、 单独 、 戛戛独造 、 独生女 、 鳏寡孤独 、 特立独行 、 九宫格数独
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
- 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
- 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
- 世尊独 (世尊獨) 世尊獨不聞乎 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 火独 (火獨) 為彼火獨無 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 37 — count: 4