守寡

Chinese

		to guard	few; widowed
simp. and trad. (守寡)		守	寡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuguǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² gwaa²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-kóa
• Northern Min (KCR): siǔ-guǎ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiú-kóa / chiú-kóaⁿ / chiúⁿ-kóaⁿ / siú-kóa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuguǎ [Phonetic: shóuguǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuguǎ
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-kua³
    • Yale: shǒu-gwǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoougoa
    • Palladius: шоугуа (šougua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² gwaa²
    • Yale: sáu gwá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² gwaa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² gua²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ kʷaː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-kóa
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˋ gua^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su³ gua³
    • Sinological IPA: /su³¹ ku̯a³¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǔ-guǎ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu²¹ kua²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-kóa
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-kuá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'koar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kua⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-kóaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-kuánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'kvoar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiúⁿ-kóaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiúnn-kuánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviw'kvoar
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-kóa
    • Tâi-lô: siú-kuá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'koar
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴¹/

Verb

守寡

1. to remain a widow; to live in widowhood

Derived terms

• 守寡人
• 守寡嫲
• 活守寡