孤单 meaning in English

gūdān

lone; lonely

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 孤單16 strokes

Meaning of 孤单

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gūdān
  1. lone
  2. lonely
  3. loneliness

孤单 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

没méi有yǒu你nǐ这zhè个ge城chéng市shì孤gū单dān又yòu冷lěng清qīng。
This city is cold and lonely without you.
汤tāng姆mǔ又yòu孤gū单dān又yòu不bù幸xìng。
Tom is lonely and unhappy.
她tā看kàn起qǐ来lái很hěn孤gū单dān。
She looked lonely.
我wǒ当dāng时shí不bù孤gū单dān。
I wasn't alone then.
汤tāng姆mǔ非fēi常cháng孤gū单dān。
Tom is very much alone.

Stroke order for each character

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孤 gū · orphaned · 8 strokes

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单 dān · bill · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 孤单.

名单míngdānlist of names
单位dānwèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
菜单càidānmenu
简单jiǎndānsimple; not complicated
单元dānyuánunit (forming an entity); element
单独dāndúalone; by oneself
单纯dānchúnsimple; pure
单调dāndiàomonotonous
单一dānyīsingle; only
孤独gūdúlonely; solitary
孤儿gū'érorphan
单打dāndǎsingles (in sports)

Questions about 孤单

What does 孤单 mean?

孤单 (gūdān) means "lone; lonely" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 孤单?

孤单 is made of 2 characters: 孤 (8 strokes), 单 (8 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 孤单 an HSK word?

Yes. 孤单 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 孤单 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 孤单 is written 孤單.