獨身

See also: 独身

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (獨身)		獨	身
simp. (独身)		独	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúshen
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-shên¹
    • Yale: dú-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwushen
    • Palladius: душэнь (dušɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ san¹
    • Yale: duhk sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-sin
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dogsyn
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² sin³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² sin⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² sin⁴⁴/

Noun

獨身

1. single or unmarried person

Synonyms

• (single or unmarried person): 單身／单身 (dānshēn)

Derived terms

• 獨身主義 / 独身主义 (dúshēn zhǔyì)
• 獨身仔 / 独身仔

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (獨身):

• → Japanese: 独身(どくしん) (dokushin)
• → Korean: 독신(獨身) (doksin)
• → Vietnamese: độc thân (獨身)

Adverb

獨身

1. alone; by oneself; away from people

References

• “獨身”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
獨	身
どく Hyōgai	しん Grade: 3
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 獨身 – see the following entry.

【独身どくしん】 [noun] unmarried [noun] an unmarried person

(This term, 獨身, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
獨	身

Noun

獨身 • (doksin) (hangeul 독신)

1. hanja form^? of 독신 (“unmarried person”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
獨	身

Adjective

獨身

1. chữ Hán form of độc thân (“unmarried”)