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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

单独 [dāndú]
  1. 1. adjective [独自] alone
  2. 2. adjective [独立] unaided
    我能单独处理这事。
    I can handle this by myself.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

单独 [dāndú]
  1. 1. alone; by oneself; on one's own; singlehanded; independent; separate; solitary; solo; itself
    我要和他单独谈一谈。
    I want to have a talk with him alone.
    单独住一间屋子。
    She has a room to herself.
    采取单独行动
    take independent action
  2. 2. adverb individually

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

单独 [dāndú]
  1. 1. 不跟别的合在一起;单个的
    单独一个人
    成本单独核算

Examples

单独住一间屋子。
She has a room to herself.
单独媾和
make peace without consulting one's allies; make a separate peace
共同(单独)海损
general (particular) average
她坚持要单独去,我只好依从她了。
Since she insisted on going alone, I had to comply.
这项专利是我们两个人共有的,我不能单独决定转让给你。
This is a shared patent and I don't have the right to transfer it to you all by myself.
划界的事还需两国商量,并不是任何一方能够单独决定的。
The matter of delimitation needs the two countries to negotiate. It can't be decided unilaterally.
这里经常有寇盗出没,你们最好不要单独行动。
Robbers always prowl in this area, so you'd better not walk alone.
我们准备联手把这单大生意做下来,因为每个人都不具备单独承接的能力。
We decided to do this big business jointly because none of can do it by ourselves.

Collocations

单独居住
live alone
单独行动
act alone
单独生活
live alone
单独一个人
alone

Word Decomposition


[dān]
+
[dú]

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