(pos:形容詞)
<explanation>
yue:可以個別、單一咁存在同運作，而唔需要依附其他人或者外物
eng:independent; distinct
<eg>
yue:獨立製片人 (duk6 laap6 zai3 pin2 jan4)
eng:independent filmmaker
<eg>
yue:財政獨立 (coi4 zing3 duk6 laap6)
eng:financially independent
<eg>
yue:呢幾冊書都係獨立故事嚟，冇咩關連，唔一定要順序睇。 (ni1 gei2 caak3 syu1 dou1 hai6 duk6 laap6 gu3 si6 lai4, mou5 me1 gwaan1 lin4, m4 jat1 ding6 jiu3 seon6 zeoi6 tai2.)
eng:These volumes are distinct stories, and are unrelated to each other. You don't have to read them in any particular order.
<eg>
yue:佢以前讀寄宿學校㗎，所以個人好獨立。 (keoi5 ji5 cin4 duk6 gei3 suk1 hok6 haau6 gaa3, so2 ji5 go3 jan4 hou2 duk6 laap6.)
eng:She went to boarding school, so she grew up to be a very independent person.

(pos:動詞)
<explanation>
yue:一個國家、民族或地區成為主權國家
eng:to be independent by exercising sovereignty, usually with respect to countries, nations, states, etc.
<eg>
yue:蘇聯解體之後，好多小國都宣佈獨立。 (sou1 lyun4 gaai2 tai2 zi1 hau6, hou2 do1 siu2 gwok3 dou1 syun1 bou3 duk6 laap6.)
eng:After the Soviet Union collapsed, many countries declared independence.