| 独角鲸 | dú jiǎo jīng | narwhal (Monodon monoceros) |
| 独语 | dú yǔ | solo part (in opera); soliloquy |
| 独语句 | dú yǔ jù | one-word sentence |
| 独资 | dú zī | wholly-owned (often by foreign company); exclusive investment |
| 独辟蹊径 | dú pì xī jìng | to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality |
| 独酌 | dú zhuó | to drink alone |
| 独院 | dú yuàn | one family courtyard |
| 独院儿 | dú yuànr | erhua variant of 独院, one family courtyard |
| 独霸一方 | dú bà yī fāng | to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc); to hold as one's personal fiefdom |
| 独领风骚 | dú lǐng fēng sāo | most outstanding; par excellence |
| 独体 | dú tǐ | autonomous body; independent system |
| 独体字 | dú tǐ zì | a primary (independently formed) character - i.e. a pictogram 象形 or ideogram 指事 |
| 独龙 | Dú lóng | Drung or Dulong ethnic group of northwest Yunnan |
| 独龙江 | Dú lóng jiāng | Dulong river in northwest Yunnan on border with Myanmar, tributary of Salween or Nujiang 怒江, sometimes referred to as number four of Three parallel rivers 三江并流, wildlife protection unit |
| 统独 | tǒng dú | unification and independence |
罢黜百家，
独尊儒术 | bà chù bǎi jiā ,
dú zūn rú shù | Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom); sole dominant ideology |
| 美国独立战争 | Měi guó dú lì zhàn zhēng | American war of independence (1775-1783) |
| 台独 | Tái dú | Taiwan independence (movement) |
| 藏独 | Zàng dú | Tibetan independence (movement) |
贡山独龙族怒族自
治县 | Gòng shān Dú lóng zú Nù zú zì zhì xiàn | Gongshan Derung and Nu autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州 in northwest Yunnan |
| 双独 | shuāng dú | double and single; allowed dispensation to have second child |
| 双独夫妇 | shuāng dú fū fù | a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child |
| 离独 | lí dú | to be divorced |
| 非独立 | fēi dú lì | dependent |
