单
独

Alone in Chinese: 单独 (dān dú)

dān dú

alone

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 單獨2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1alone
  2. 2by oneself
  3. 3on one's own

Stroke order

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单
独

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄢ

dān

ㄉ/ dㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄉㄨˊ

dú

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

单独

Simplified

單獨

Traditional

Example sentences

See 单独 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我想让他单独去做。

    wǒ xiǎng ràng tā dān dú qù zuò。

    I want him to do it alone.

  • 汤姆和玛丽单独在一起。

    tāng mǔ hé mǎ lì dān dú zài yì qǐ。

    Tom and Mary were alone.

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Related words

单

dān

bill

独

dú

alone

菜单

cài dān

menu

简单

jiǎn dān

simple

孤单

gū dān

lone

单纯

dān chún

simple

单调

dān diào

monotonous

单位

dān wèi

unit (of measure)

单元

dān yuán

unit (forming an entity)

独立

dú lì

independent

独特

dú tè

unique

名单

míng dān

list of names

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