獨來獨往

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	to come	alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction) toward; (of a train) bound for; to go (in a direction); past; previous; towards
trad. (獨來獨往)		獨	來	獨	往
simp. (独来独往)		独	来	独	往

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúláidúwǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄉㄨˊ ㄨㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ loi⁴ duk⁶ wong⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúláidúwǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄉㄨˊ ㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúláidúwǎng
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-lai²-tu²-wang³
    • Yale: dú-lái-dú-wǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwulaidwuwoang
    • Palladius: дулайдуван (dulajduvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ tu³⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ loi⁴ duk⁶ wong⁵
    • Yale: duhk lòih duhk wóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ loi⁴ duk⁹ wong⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ loi⁴ dug⁶ wong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² lɔːi̯²¹ tʊk̚² wɔːŋ¹³/

Idiom

獨來獨往

1. to be a loner; to be alone and avoid the company of others