獨斷

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
Min Nan (POJ): to̍k-toǎn / to̍k-toàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dúduàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwuduann
  - IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ tu̯a̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ dyun³
  - Yale: duhk dyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ dyn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ dün³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² tyːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-toǎn
  - Tâi-lô: to̍k-tuǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻²² tuan²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream 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

Antonyms

商議／商议 (shāngyì)

Adjective

獨斷

(attributive) arbitrary; dictatorial; dogmatic

Derived terms

獨斷專行／独断专行 (dúduànzhuānxíng)

獨斷獨行／独断独行 (dúduàndúxíng)

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