独
自

Alone in Chinese: 独自 (dú zì)

dú zì

alone

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 獨自1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1alone

Stroke order

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独
自

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄉㄨˊ

dú

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄗˋ

zì

ㄗ/ zˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

独自

Simplified

獨自

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 她独自一个人住在这座城市。

    tā dú zì yí gè rén zhù zài zhè zuò chéng shì。

    She lives alone in this city.

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Related words

自

zì

self

独

dú

alone

自己

zì jǐ

oneself

自然

zì rán

nature

单独

dān dú

alone

独立

dú lì

independent

独特

dú tè

unique

各自

gè zì

each

来自

lái zì

to come from (a place)

亲自

qīn zì

personally

自从

zì cóng

since (a time)

自动

zì dòng

automatic

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