失獨

See also: 失独

Chinese

FWOTD – 9 March 2025

		to lose; to miss; to fail	alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only
trad. (失獨)		失	獨
simp. (失独)		失	独

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shīdú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄉㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ duk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shīdú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄉㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shihdú
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹-tu²
  - Yale: shr̄-dú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shydwu
  - Palladius: шиду (šidu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sat¹ duk⁶
  - Yale: sāt duhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ duk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ dug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ tʊk̚²/

Verb

失獨

(neologism, of parents) to lose one's only child (and be yet unable to have another one due to old age or government policy)
- 2013, 赵学慧, editor, 《老年社会工作理论与实务》, Beijing: 北京大学出版社 [Peking University Press], →ISBN, page 192:
  
  孤寡老人主要有这样几种情形：终身未婚、丧偶无子女或失独。 [MSC, simp.]
  孤寡老人主要有這樣幾種情形：終身未婚、喪偶無子女或失獨。 [MSC, trad.]
  Gūguǎ lǎorén zhǔyào yǒu zhèyàng jī zhǒng qíngxíng: zhōngshēn wèihūn, sàng'ǒu wú zǐnǚ huò shīdú. [Pinyin]
  Elderly people with no family mainly fall into these few situations: remaining unmarried for their life, having lost their spouse without having children, or having lost their only child.