單獨

See also: 单独 and 単独

Chinese

		bill; list; form bill; list; form; single; only; sole; surname; chieftain	alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only
trad. (單獨)		單	獨
simp. (单独)		单	独

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāndú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ duk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tân-thu̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tan-to̍k / toaⁿ-to̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāndú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dandú
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-tu²
    • Yale: dān-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dandwu
    • Palladius: даньду (danʹdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ tu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daan¹ duk⁶
    • Yale: dāan duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tân-thu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: dan´ tug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dan¹ tug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /tan²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tan-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tan-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dandok
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tan³³ tɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² tɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toaⁿ-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tuann-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvoa'dok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuã⁴⁴⁻²² tɔk̚¹²¹/

Adjective

單獨

1. individual; single; respective; independent

Synonyms

• 個別／个别 (gèbié)

Adverb

單獨

1. alone; by oneself; solitary

   單獨監禁／单独监禁  ―  dāndú jiānjìn  ―  solitary confinement

2. (literary) alone with no family

Synonyms

• (alone):

• 一個人／一个人 (yīgèrén)
• 一家頭／一家头 (⁷iq-ka-deu) (Shanghainese)
• 一手
• 單個／单个 (dāngè)
• 獨個／独个 (dúgè)
• 獨自／独自 (dúzì)
• 空身 (kōngshēn)
• 隻身／只身 (zhīshēn) (literary)

 

Related terms

• 孤獨／孤独 (gūdú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (單獨):

• → Japanese: 単独(たんどく) (tandoku)
• → Korean: 단독(單獨) (dandok)
• → Vietnamese: đơn độc (單獨)