"Alone" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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单独 dān dú alone / by oneself / on one's own
单身 dān shēn unmarried / single / alone
独自 dú zì alone
单个 dān ge single / alone / individually / an odd one
孤身 gū shēn alone / lonely
只身 zhī shēn alone / by oneself
独身 dú shēn unmarried / single / alone
独独 dú dú alone
孑然 jié rán solitary / lonely / alone
独 dú alone / independent / single / sole / only
唯 wéi only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)
茕 qióng alone / desolate
瞏 qióng (literary) to gaze in terror / (literary) alone / unaided
一个人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance) / alone (without company)
挈挈 qiè qiè alone / solitary
空身 kōng shēn empty handed (carrying nothing) / alone
嬛 qióng (literary) alone / solitary (variant of 惸[qiong2]) (variant of 煢|茕[qiong2])
独个 dú gè alone
独立 dú lì independent / independence / to stand alone
何况 hé kuàng let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more
别说 bié shuō to say nothing of / not to mention / let alone
独处 dú chǔ to live alone / to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
放任 fàng rèn to ignore / to let alone / to indulge
孤零零 gū líng líng lone / isolated and without help / all alone / solitary
惟独 wéi dú only / solely / this one alone
独居 dú jū to live alone / to live a solitary existence
无独有偶 wú dú yǒu ǒu not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.) / not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case
落单 luò dān to be on one's own / to be left alone / to be left out
独步 dú bù lit. walking alone / prominent / unrivalled / outstanding
独来独往 dú lái dú wǎng coming and going alone (idiom) / a lone operator / keeping to oneself / unsociable / maverick
放羊 fàng yáng to tend a flock of sheep / to let sheep out to pasture / fig. to throw off the reins / to leave sb alone / acting freely and irresponsibly
遑论 huáng lùn let alone / not to mention
独断 dú duàn to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial
独酌 dú zhuó to drink alone
伶仃 líng dīng alone and helpless
独断独行 dú duàn dú xíng to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself
单刀赴会 dān dāo fù huì lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines
孑 jié (literary) lonely / all alone
阒 qù quiet / to live alone
踽 jǔ hunchbacked / walk alone
独断专行 dú duàn zhuān xíng to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself
踽踽独行 jǔ jǔ dú xíng to walk alone (idiom)
孑然一身 jié rán yī shēn to be all alone in the world
孤身只影 gū shēn zhī yǐng lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom)
泥菩萨过江 ní pú sà guò jiāng a clay Bodhisattva fording a river / unable to save oneself, let alone others
茕茕孑立 qióng qióng jié lì to stand all alone
顾影自怜 gù yǐng zì lián lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected
一个巴掌拍不响 yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
一木难支 yī mù nán zhī lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom) / fig. one is helpless alone
孑立 jié lì to be alone / to stand in isolation
伶俜 líng pīng (literary) lonely / all alone / solitary
孑影孤单 jié yǐng gū dān to be all alone by oneself
孑立无依 jié lì wú yī to stand alone / to have no one to rely on
孑身 jié shēn all by oneself / all alone
孤孑特立 gū jié tè lì to be all alone in the world
孤征 gū zhēng to act on one's own / to fight alone
守空房 shǒu kōng fáng to stay home alone (of married woman)
莫讲 mò jiǎng let alone / not to speak of (all the others)
孤独于世 gū dú yú shì alone in the world (idiom)
孤寒 gū hán alone and poor / humble / (Cantonese) miserly
泥菩萨过江，自身难保 ní pú sà guò jiāng , zì shēn nán bǎo like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety / unable to save oneself, let alone others
单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu to fight alone (idiom)
独守空房 dú shǒu kōng fáng (of a married woman) to stay home alone
自游 zì yóu to travel alone (i.e. not with a tourist group)
自谋出路 zì móu chū lù (idiom) to take matters into one's own hands / to go it alone / to fend for oneself / to find one's own way forward (esp. to find oneself a job)
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