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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāndú
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄉㄨˊ
  - 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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    丹毒
    單獨 / 单独
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:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    丹毒
    單獨 / 单独
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tân-thu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: dan^ˊ 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
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tan³³ tɔk̚²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tan⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² tɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tan⁴⁴⁻²² tɔk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: toaⁿ-to̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tuann-to̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dvoa'dok
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuã⁴⁴⁻²² tɔk̚¹²¹/

Adjective

單獨

individual; single; respective; independent

Synonyms

個別／个别 (gèbié)

Adverb

單獨

alone; by oneself; solitary
單獨監禁／单独监禁 ― dāndú jiānjìn ― solitary confinement
(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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
單	獨
たん Jinmeiyō	どく Hyōgai
on'yomi

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

【単独たんどく】

[noun] single

[noun] sole

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