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

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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-kóa
  - Hakka Romanization System: su` gua`
  - 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

to remain a widow; to live in widowhood

Derived terms