| 独立 | dú lì | independent; independence; to stand alone |
| 独 | dú | alone; independent; single; sole; only |
| 独特 | dú tè | unique; distinct; having special characteristics |
| 独裁 | dú cái | dictatorship |
| 独立自主 | dú lì zì zhǔ | independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination; to act independently; to maintain control over one's own affairs |
| 独自 | dú zì | alone |
| 独创 | dú chuàng | original; creativity; original creation |
| 独占 | dú zhàn | to monopolize; to control; to dominate |
| 独木舟 | dú mù zhōu | canoe |
| 独奏 | dú zòu | solo |
| 独到 | dú dào | original |
| 独断 | dú duàn | to decide alone without consultation; arbitrary; dictatorial |
| 独唱 | dú chàng | (in singing) solo; to solo |
| 独揽 | dú lǎn | to monopolize |
| 独裁者 | dú cái zhě | dictator; autocrat |
| 独木桥 | dú mù qiáo | lit. a log bridge; fig. a tricky path; to walk a tight-rope |
| 独子 | dú zǐ | only son |
| 独白 | dú bái | stage monologue; soliloquy |
| 独霸 | dú bà | lit. sole hegemony; to monopolize; domination (of the market); personal empire |
| 独身 | dú shēn | unmarried; single |
| 独一无二 | dú yī wú èr | unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled; nothing compares with it |
| 独独 | dú dú | alone |
| 独一 | dú yī | only; unique |
| 独二代 | dú èr dài | second generation only child |
| 独人秀 | dú rén xiù | one-man show |
| 独占鳌头 | dú zhàn áo tóu | to monopolize the turtle head (idiom, refers to carved marble steps of the palace); to come first in triennial palace examinations; the champion; the very best in any field |
| 独来独往 | dú lái dú wǎng | coming and going alone (idiom); a lone operator; keeping to oneself; unsociable; maverick |
| 独具 | dú jù | to have unique (talent, insight etc) |
| 独具匠心 | dú jù jiàng xīn | original and ingenious (idiom); to display creativity |
| 独出一时 | dú chū yī shí | incomparable; head and shoulders above the competition |
| 独出心裁 | dú chū xīn cái | to display originality (idiom); to do things differently |
| 独力 | dú lì | all by oneself; without exterior help |
| 独吞 | dú tūn | to hog; to keep everything for oneself |
| 独在异乡为异客 | dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè | a stranger in a strange land (Tang poet Wang Wei's 王维) |
| 独夫 | dú fū | sole ruler; dictator |
| 独夫民贼 | dú fū mín zéi | tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator |
| 独孤求败 | Dú gū Qiú bài | Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸 novels |
| 独家 | dú jiā | exclusive |
| 独尊 | dú zūn | to revere as sole orthodoxy; supremacy (of a religion, ideology, cultural norm, social group etc); sole dominant ideology |
| 独尊儒术 | dú zūn rú shù | Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of former Han dynasty) |
| 独居 | dú jū | to live alone; to live a solitary existence |
| 独居石 | dú jū shí | monazite |
| 独山 | Dú shān | Dushan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou |
| 独山子 | Dú shān zǐ | Dushanzi district (Uighur: Maytagh Rayoni) of Qaramay City 克拉玛依市, Xinjiang |
| 独山子区 | Dú shān zǐ qū | Dushanzi district (Uighur: Maytagh Rayoni) of Qaramay City 克拉玛依市, Xinjiang |
| 独山县 | Dú shān xiàn | Dushan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou |
| 独岛 | Dú dǎo | Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹岛), disputed islands in Sea of Japan |
| 独揽市场 | dú lǎn shì chǎng | to monopolize a market |
| 独断专行 | dú duàn zhuān xíng | to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself |
| 独断独行 | dú duàn dú xíng | to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself |
