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

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/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciū-*săng-guā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu³³⁻²¹ saŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ŋua³³/
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/

守生寡

Dialectal synonyms of 守活寡 (“to live the life of a widow despite having a living husband; to be a grass widow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		守活寡
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	守活寡
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	守活寡
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	守生寡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	守活寡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	守生寡
Cantonese	Hong Kong	守生寡
Jin	Xinzhou	守活寡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	守生寡