遺孀

Chinese

		to lose; to leave behind	widow
trad. (遺孀)		遺	孀
simp. (遗孀)		遗	孀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíshuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄕㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ soeng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-song

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíshuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄕㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíshuang
    • Wade–Giles: i²-shuang¹
    • Yale: yí-shwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yishuang
    • Palladius: ишуан (išuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ soeng¹
    • Yale: wàih sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ sœːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-song
    • Tâi-lô: uî-song
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uisofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

遺孀

1. (formal) widow

Usage notes

Avoid using when directly addressing a widow since this term is a 背稱／背称 (bèichēng, “indirect term of address”). This word is also proscribed by some feminists.

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

See also

• 鰥夫／鳏夫 (guānfū)