寡欲

Chinese

		few; widowed	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish
trad. (寡欲/寡慾)		寡	欲/慾
simp. (寡欲)		寡	欲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa² juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎyù
    • Wade–Giles: kua³-yü⁴
    • Yale: gwǎ-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goayuh
    • Palladius: гуаюй (guajuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa² juk⁶
    • Yale: gwá yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa² juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua² yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³⁵ jʊk̚²/

Verb

寡欲

1. (literary) to have few desires

Derived terms

• 少私寡欲
• 恬淡寡欲
• 清心寡欲 (qīngxīnguǎyù)
• 清貧寡欲／清贫寡欲
• 清靜寡欲／清静寡欲
• 澹泊寡欲