I prefer my own company.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
独处
to live alone
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to live alone
02
to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 独处 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 独处 appears in 11 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I dislike being alone.
I'm perfectly happy being alone.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 独处.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 独处.
Directly before
- 需要独处2
- 人独处2
- 喜欢独处1
- 应该独处1
- 想要独处1
Directly after
- 独处的1
- 独处的话1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 独处
What does 独处 mean in Chinese?
独处 (dúchǔ) means to live alone.
How do you pronounce 独处?
独处 is pronounced dúchǔ.
Is 独处 an HSK word?
独处 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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