Definition
孤单单 is a state verb meaning 'lonely, all alone' — used to describe a person feeling isolated or friendless, often in literary or emotional contexts. The character 单 here should read dān, but the source pinyin gives chán (the reading for 单于). This appears to be a data error; the actual pronunciation is gū dān dān.
v.p.
lonelyalonefriendless
Examples
- ，孤单单。Tā yí gè rén zhù, juéde gū chán de.He lives alone and feels lonely.
- 孤单单。Jié rì lǐ tā gū chán de zuò zài chuāng qián.During the holiday, he sat by the window all alone.
- 孤单单。gū chán de shēnyǐng xiāoshī zài rénqún zhōng.The lonely figure disappeared into the crowd.
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