gū​dú HSK6

lonely

  • created sense approved 孤独/孤獨 · gū​dú · lonely — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    孤独 / 孤獨

    gū​dú

    lonely

    lonely; solitary; lonesome; isolated and without help or support

    孤 (literal) → 孤 · gū · solitary 独 (literal) → 独/獨 · dú · single

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 孤独/孤獨 · gū​dú · the helpless — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    孤独 / 孤獨

    gū​dú

    the helpless

    (literary) people without family support, specifically orphans and the elderly without children to care for them

    孤 (literal) → 孤 · gū · orphan 独 (literal) → 独/獨 · dú · [childless]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense