獨 (duk6 | du2) : single; alone; uniquely

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獨

duk6

du2

[1] [adj] single; only; sole; lone; solitary
[2] [adv] alone; in solitude; on one's own
[3] [adv] uniquely; exclusively; creatively
[4] [n] the childless; old people without offspring

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: 犬 (#94)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

獨 / 独

This word has been viewed 10693 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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獨苗 duk6 miu4 du2 miao2 = only child; sole scion

孤獨 gu1 duk6 gu1 du2 = solitary - standing alone; lonely

半獨立屋 bun3 duk6 laap6 uk1 ban4 du2 li4 wu1 = semi-detached house

惟獨 wai4 duk6 wei2 du2 = solely; singly

獨裁 duk6 coi4 du2 cai2 = dictatorship

獨自 duk6 zi6 du2 zi4 = alone; by oneself

獨立自主 duk6 laap6 zi6 zyu2 du2 li4 zi4 zhu3 = (idiom) self-determination; independence of action

獨立 duk6 laap6 du2 li4 = independence; independent; to stand up for oneself; to stand alone

獨特 duk6 dak6 du2 te4 = unique; distinct

數獨 sou3 duk6 shu4 du2 = Sudoku
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隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.

他的作品獨樹一幟，常有不規則的形狀
His pieces usually do not follow any rules and form. They are very distinctive.

有一部分更加係設有獨立冷氣粵
In addition, some [apartments] have their own air conditioner.
[Lit. have one portion additionally are equipped-with independent air-con]

古典音樂我比較鐘意長笛獨奏粵
As far as classical music is concerned, I prefer solo flute.
[Lit. classical music, I comparatively like flute solo ]

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Decimal representation of this word: 獨
Unicode code for this character: U+7368 (off-site link)

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