独处

dú chǔ · du chu

Traditional 獨處

Meaning

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  1. to live alone
  2. to spend time alone (or with a significant other)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)大(dà)多(duō)一(yí)个(gè)人(rén)独(dú)处(chǔ)。

Tom mostly kept to himself.

Tatoeba: Chinese by mirrorvan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

人(rén)都(dōu)会(huì)有(yǒu)想(xiǎng)要(yào)独(dú)处(chǔ)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)。

There are times in everyone's life when you want to be alone.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by FeuDRenais2 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected; English translation revised.

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