独 (dú) means Alone (only - independent). Below are 18 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我想单 独 和你谈谈。
Wǒ xiǎng dāndú hé nǐ tántan.
I would like to speak with you alone.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 单独
他很早就 独 立生活了。
Tā hěn zǎo jiù dúlì shēnghuó le.
He started living independently very early.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 独立
孩子要学会 独 立思考。
Háizi yào xuéhuì dúlì sīkǎo.
Children need to learn to think independently.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 独立
他单 独 完成了这个任务。
Tā dāndú wánchéng le zhège rènwu.
He completed this task on his own.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 单独
这个城市有 独 特的风格。
Zhège chéngshì yǒu dútè de fēnggé.
This city has a distinctive style.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 独特
孤 独 有时也是一种享受。
Gūdú yǒushí yě shì yì zhǒng xiǎngshòu.
Solitude too is sometimes a pleasure.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 孤独
这座建筑的造型很 独 特。
Zhè zuò jiànzhù de zàoxíng hěn dútè.
The shape of this building is very distinctive.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 造型
在家里搞 独 裁只会伤感情。
Zài jiā lǐ gǎo dúcái zhǐ huì shāng gǎnqíng.
Being a dictator at home only damages relationships.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 独裁
大家都来了，唯 独 他没来。
Dàjiā dōu lái le, wéidú tā méi lái.
Everyone came except him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 唯独
什么他都不怕，唯 独 怕水。
Shénme tā dōu bú pà, wéidú pà shuǐ.
He is afraid of nothing except water.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 唯独
刚到新城市时他感到很孤 独 。
Gāng dào xīn chéngshì shí tā gǎndào hěn gūdú.
When he first came to the new city he felt very lonely.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 孤独
他对这个问题有 独 到的见解。
Tā duì zhège wèntí yǒu dúdào de jiànjiě.
He has an original view on this question.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 见解
学校注重培育学生的 独 立能力。
Xuéxiào zhùzhòng péiyù xuésheng de dúlì nénglì.
The school focuses on cultivating students' independence.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 培育
这部电影讲述了反抗 独 裁的故事。
Zhè bù diànyǐng jiǎngshù le fǎnkàng dúcái de gùshi.
This film tells a story of resistance to dictatorship.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 独裁
这里气候温和，发展农业得天 独 厚。
Zhèlǐ qìhòu wēnhé, fāzhǎn nóngyè détiāndúhòu.
The mild climate here gives farming exceptional natural advantages.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 得天独厚
他嗓音条件得天 独 厚，天生适合唱歌。
Tā sǎngyīn tiáojiàn détiāndúhòu, tiānshēng shìhé chànggē.
His voice is exceptionally gifted; he was born to sing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 得天独厚
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Words that contain 独
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Questions about 独
How is 独 used in a sentence?
This page shows 18 sentences using 独 (dú, "Alone (only - independent)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 独 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 独 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 独 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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