守生寡

Chinese

		to guard	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	few; widowed
simp. and trad. (守生寡)		守	生	寡

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² saang¹ gwaa²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiú-seⁿ-kóaⁿ / chiú-siⁿ-kóaⁿ

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² saang¹ gwaa²
    • Yale: sáu sāang gwá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² saang¹ gwaa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² sang¹ gua²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵ kʷaː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-seⁿ-kóaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-senn-kuánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciwsve'kvoar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-siⁿ-kóaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-sinn-kuánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciwsvi'kvoar
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁵³/

Verb

守生寡

1. (Cantonese, Hokkien) to live the life of a widow despite having a living husband; to be a grass widow

Synonyms

• 守活寡 (shǒuhuóguǎ)

See also

• 守寡 (shǒuguǎ)