孀居

Chinese

		widow	reside
trad. (孀居)		孀	居
simp. #(孀居)		孀	居
anagram		居孀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuāngjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤ ㄐㄩ

• Eastern Min (BUC): sŏng-gṳ̆

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuāngjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuangjyu
    • Wade–Giles: shuang¹-chü¹
    • Yale: shwāng-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuangjiu
    • Palladius: шуанцзюй (šuanczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sŏng-gṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /souŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋy⁵⁵/

Verb

孀居

1. (literary or Eastern Min) to remain a widow; to live in widowhood

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 守寡 (“to remain a widow; to live in widowhood”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		守寡, 孀居, 居孀
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	守寡
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	守寡
	Wanrong	守寡
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	守寡, 居孀
	Liuzhou	守清
Cantonese	Hong Kong	守寡
Gan	Nanchang	守寡
	Lichuan	守寡
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	守寡
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	守寡
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	守寡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	守寡
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	守寡
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	守寡
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	守寡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	守寡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	守寡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	守寡
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	守寡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	守寡
Huizhou	Jixi	守寡
Jin	Taiyuan	守寡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	守寡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	守寡, 孀居
Southern Min	Xiamen	守寡
	Zhao'an	守寡
	Dongshan	守寡, 守節
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	守寡
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	守寡
	Kaohsiung	守寡
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	守寡
	Yilan (Luodong)	守寡
	Yilan (Toucheng)	守寡
	Changhua (Yongjing)	守寡
	Tainan	守寡
	Tainan (Anping)	守寡
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	守寡
	Penghu (Xiyu)	守寡
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	守寡
	Leizhou	守寡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	守寡
Wu	Jinhua	守寡, 守寡婦

Derived terms

• 孀居儂 / 孀居侬

Noun

孀居

1. (Eastern Min) widow

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 寡婦 (“widow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		寡, 寡婦, 寡妻, 嫠, 嫠婦, 孀, 孀妻, 孀婦, 遺孀, 孤孀, 孤嫠, 寡嫠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		寡婦, 孤孀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	寡婦, 半邊人兒, 半邊人
	Taiwan	寡婦
	Ulanhot	寡婦
	Tongliao	寡婦
	Chifeng	寡婦
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	寡婦
	Harbin	寡婦
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	寡婦
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	寡婦兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	寡婦
	Wanrong	寡婦
	Xi'an	寡婦
	Xining	寡婦
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	女寡婦
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	女寡婦
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	寡婦
	Bayanhot	寡婦
	Lanzhou	寡婦
	Ürümqi	寡婦
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	寡母子, 寡母兒, 寡婦
	Wuhan	寡婦
	Guiyang	寡婆, 寡婦
	Guilin	寡婦
	Guanyang	寡婆子
	Liuzhou	寡母婆, 寡婦婆, 寡婦
	Dagudi (Maliba)	寡婦
	Reshuitang (Longling)	寡婦婆
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	老寡婦
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	寡婦
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	寡婦
	Yangzhou	半邊人, 寡婦
	Xinghua	半邊人
	Hefei	寡婦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	寡母婆, 寡婆
	Hong Kong	寡母婆
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	寡婦婆
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	守寡婆
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	守寡婆
	Taishan	寡婆
	Dongguan	守寡婆
	Yangjiang	寡婦婆
	Xinyi	寡母婆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	寡母婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	寡母婆
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	寡婦
Gan	Nanchang	寡婦, 半邊人
	Lichuan	寡婦
	Pingxiang	寡婦, 寡婦婆
Hakka	Meixian	寡婦
	Yudu	寡婦婆
	Hong Kong	守寡婆
	Sabah (Longchuan)	寡婦婆
	Senai (Huiyang)	守寡婆
Huizhou	Jixi	寡婦, 寡婦老嫗
Jin	Taiyuan	寡婦
	Xinzhou	寡婦, 守寡哩
	Taibus (Baochang)	寡婦
	Linhe	寡婦
	Jining	寡婦
	Hohhot	寡婦
	Baotou	寡婦
	Dongsheng	寡婦
	Haibowan	寡婦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	守寡嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	守寡諸娘儂, 孀居儂, 孀居
Southern Min	Xiamen	守寡儂, 守寡的, 守寡查某
	Quanzhou	守寡儂
	Zhangzhou	守寡儂
	Chaozhou	守寡個
	Shantou	寡婦
	Bangkok (Teochew)	寡婦
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	寡婦
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	寡婦
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	寡婦
	Wenchang	守節
	Haikou	死老公個
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	寡婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	寡母婆
Wu	Shanghai	孤孀, 寡婦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	寡婦, 單邊人
	Suzhou	孤孀
	Wuxi	寡婦
	Danyang	寡婦
	Hangzhou	寡婦
	Ningbo	孤孀老𡢿, 孤孀
	Wenzhou	守寡老人兒, 守寡老安人, 單邊人
	Jinhua	寡婦
Xiang	Changsha	寡婦
	Loudi	寡婦
	Shuangfeng	單身寡婦, 寡婦