独
身

Unmarried in Chinese: 独身 (dú shēn)

dú shēn

unmarried

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 獨身1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1unmarried
  2. 2single

Stroke order

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独
身

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄨˊ

dú

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄣ

shēn

ㄕ/ shㄣ/ en—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

独身

Simplified

獨身

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 他到现在还是独身，没有结婚。

    tā dào xiàn zài hái shì dú shēn， méi yǒu jié hūn。

    He is still single and unmarried to this day.

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Related words

独

dú

alone

身体

shēn tǐ

the body

单独

dān dú

alone

独立

dú lì

independent

独特

dú tè

unique

身材

shēn cái

stature

身份

shēn fèn

identity

身上

shēn shang

on the body

全身

quán shēn

the whole body

身边

shēn biān

at one's side

自身

zì shēn

itself

独自

dú zì

alone

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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