獨斷

See also: 独断

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	to break; to judge; absolutely to break; to judge; absolutely; decidedly
trad. (獨斷)		獨	斷
simp. (独断)		独	断

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dúduàn

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ dyun³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-toǎn / to̍k-toàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dúduàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dúduàn
  - Wade–Giles: tu²-tuan⁴
  - Yale: dú-dwàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwuduann
  - Palladius: дудуань (duduanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ dyun³
  - Yale: duhk dyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ dyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ dün³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² tyːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-toǎn
  - Tâi-lô: to̍k-tuǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² tuan²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-toàn
  - Tâi-lô: to̍k-tuàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dogdoaxn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² tuan²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tuan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² tuan¹¹/

Verb

獨斷

to make decisions on one's own; to be arbitrary

Synonyms

專擅／专擅 (zhuānshàn)
專斷／专断 (zhuānduàn)
專輒／专辄 (zhuānzhé) (literary)
擅自作主 (shànzì zuòzhǔ)

Antonyms

商議／商议 (shāngyì)

Adjective

獨斷

(attributive) arbitrary; dictatorial; dogmatic

Synonyms

專制／专制 (zhuānzhì)

Proper noun

獨斷

Solitary Decisions (fragmentary text dated late Han era or later, attributed to Cai Yong)

Derived terms

獨斷專行／独断专行 (dúduànzhuānxíng)
獨斷獨行／独断独行 (dúduàndúxíng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (獨斷):

→ Japanese: 独(どく)断(だん) (dokudan)
→ Korean: 독단(獨斷) (dokdan)
→ Vietnamese: độc đoán (獨斷)

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