By oneself in Chinese
by oneself · HSK 5
单独
- 单 single
- 独 alone
我想跟你单独谈谈。 I'd like to talk to you alone.
Other ways to say by oneself
More words with 单 or 独
How do you say by oneself in Chinese?
By oneself in Chinese is 单独 (dān dú). You can also say 独自 (dú zì).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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