守寡

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
• Min Nan (POJ): chiú-kóa / chiú-kóaⁿ / siú-kóa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǒuguǎ [Phonetic: shóuguǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoougoa
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² gwaa²
    • Yale: sáu gwá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² gwaa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² gua²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ kʷäː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-kóa
    • Hakka Romanization System: su` gua`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su³ gua³
    • IPA: /su³¹ ku̯a³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-kóa
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-kuá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'koar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kua⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-kóaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-kuánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'kvoar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-kóa
    • Tâi-lô: siú-kuá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'koar
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴¹/

Verb

守寡

1. to remain a widow; to live in widowhood