孤单 gū dān
“lone; lonely; loneliness”
adjective, adjective / nounHSK 4Traditional 孤單
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
孤单 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 6826: 孤单 gūdān — Levels 7–9; official annotation 7-9 (形). PDF page 250
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 孤单
孤单 describes the unhappy feeling of being lonely or left alone. It is most often used after 很 or 觉得 as a predicate: 很孤单、觉得孤单、感到孤单. It talks about a feeling, not simply being physically alone.
例句Example sentences
- 我一个人住，有时候觉得很孤单。wǒ yí gè rén zhù, yǒu shí hou jué de hěn gū dān.I live alone, and sometimes I feel lonely.
- 刚来这个城市的时候，我没有朋友，很孤单。gāng lái zhè ge chéng shì de shí hou, wǒ méi yǒu péng you, hěn gū dān.When I first came to this city, I had no friends and felt very lonely.
- 给妈妈打个电话吧，这样你就不会觉得孤单了。gěi mā ma dǎ gè diàn huà ba, zhè yàng nǐ jiù bú huì jué de gū dān le.Give Mom a call—then you won't feel lonely.