| 1 | 独特 | 獨特 | dú tè | du2 te4 | unique; distinct; having special characteristics | | |
| 2 | 独自 | 獨自 | dú zì | du2 zi4 | alone | | |
| 3 | 独占 | 獨佔 | dú zhàn | du2 zhan4 | to monopolize; to control; to dominate | | |
| 4 | 独 | 獨 | dú | du2 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | | |
| 5 | 独裁 | 獨裁 | dú cái | du2 cai2 | dictatorship | | |
| 6 | 独立自主 | 獨立自主 | dú lì zì zhǔ | du2 li4 zi4 zhu3 | independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination; to act independently; to maintain control over one's own affairs | | |
| 7 | 独奏 | 獨奏 | dú zòu | du2 zou4 | solo | | |
| 8 | 独有 | 獨有 | dú yǒu | du2 you3 | to own exclusively; unique to; specific; there is only | | |
| 9 | 独创 | 獨創 | dú chuàng | du2 chuang4 | to come up with (an innovation); innovation | | |
| 10 | 独断专行 | 獨斷專行 | dú duàn zhuān xíng | du2 duan4 zhuan1 xing2 | to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself | | |
| 11 | 独断独行 | 獨斷獨行 | dú duàn dú xíng | du2 duan4 du2 xing2 | to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action; a law unto oneself | | |
| 12 | 独断 | 獨斷 | dú duàn | du2 duan4 | to decide alone without consultation; arbitrary; dictatorial | | |
| 13 | 独栋 | 獨棟 | dú dòng | du2 dong4 | (of a building) detached | | |
| 14 | 独到 | 獨到 | dú dào | du2 dao4 | original | | |
| 15 | 独岛 | 獨島 | dú dǎo | Du2 dao3 | Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹岛 ), disputed islands in Sea of Japan | | |
| 16 | 独当一面 | 獨當一面 | dú dāng yī miàn | du2 dang1 yi1 mian4 | to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section | | |
| 17 | 独创性 | 獨創性 | dú chuàng xìng | du2 chuang4 xing4 | innovative; ingenious; originality; ingenuity | | |
| 18 | 独处一隅 | 獨處一隅 | dú chǔ yī yú | du2 chu3 yi1 yu2 | to be alone in a corner (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 独处 | 獨處 | dú chǔ | du2 chu3 | to live alone; to spend time alone (or with a significant other) | | |
| 20 | 独出一时 | 獨出一時 | dú chū yī shí | du2 chu1 yi1 shi2 | incomparable; head and shoulders above the competition | | |
| 21 | 独唱 | 獨唱 | dú chàng | du2 chang4 | (in singing) solo; to solo | | |
| 22 | 独裁者 | 獨裁者 | dú cái zhě | du2 cai2 zhe3 | dictator; autocrat | | |
| 23 | 独白 | 獨白 | dú bái | du2 bai2 | stage monologue; soliloquy | | |
| 24 | 独尊儒术 | 獨尊儒術 | dú zūn rú shù | du2 zun1 ru2 shu4 | dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty) | | |
| 25 | 独霸一方 | 獨霸一方 | dú bà yī fāng | du2 ba4 yi1 fang1 | to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc); to hold as one's personal fiefdom | | |