守活寡

Chinese

		to guard	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	few; widowed
simp. and trad. (守活寡)		守	活	寡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuhuóguǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² wut⁶ gwaa²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuhuóguǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuhuóguǎ
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-huo²-kua³
    • Yale: shǒu-hwó-gwǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouhwogoa
    • Palladius: шоухогуа (šouxogua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² wut⁶ gwaa²
    • Yale: sáu wuht gwá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² wut⁹ gwaa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² wud⁶ gua²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ wuːt̚² kʷaː³⁵/

Verb

守活寡

1. to live the life of a widow despite having a living husband; to be a grass widow

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 守生寡

See also

• 守寡 (shǒuguǎ)