寡夫

Chinese

		few; widowed	husband; man
simp. and trad. (寡夫)		寡	夫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎfū

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa² fu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎfū
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎfu
    • Wade–Giles: kua³-fu¹
    • Yale: gwǎ-fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goafu
    • Palladius: гуафу (guafu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa² fu¹
    • Yale: gwá fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa² fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua² fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³⁵ fuː⁵⁵/

Noun

寡夫

1. widower

Synonyms

• 鰥夫／鳏夫 (guānfū)
• (Hokkien) 死某的

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寡	夫
か Grade: S	ふ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

寡(か)夫(ふ) • (kafu) 

1. widower

Synonyms

• 男(おとこ)やもめ (otokoyamome)
• やもお (yamō)

Related terms

• 寡婦(かふ) (kafu)
• 寡(か)フ (kafu)
• 死別者(しべつしゃ) (shibetsusha)
• 離別者(りべつしゃ) (ribetsusha)