寡婦

寡婦

See also: 寡妇

Chinese

		few; widowed	woman
trad. (寡婦)		寡	婦
simp. (寡妇)		寡	妇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa² fu⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kóa-fu
• Min Nan (POJ): kóa-hū / kóa-hǔ / kóaⁿ-hū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guǎfù → guǎfu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄈㄨˋ → ㄍㄨㄚˇ ˙ㄈㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goa.fuh
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu⁵¹/ → /ku̯ä²¹⁴ fu⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa² fu⁵
    • Yale: gwá fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa² fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua² fu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷäː³⁵ fuː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóa-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gua` fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gua³ fu⁴
    • IPA: /ku̯a³¹ fu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóa-hū
    • Tâi-lô: kuá-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koafhu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóa-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: kuá-hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóaⁿ-hū
    • Tâi-lô: kuánn-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoafhu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²²/

Noun

寡婦

1. widow

Synonyms

• 遺孀／遗孀 (yíshuāng)
• (Min Nan) 守寡人

See also

• 鰥夫／鳏夫 (guānfū)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
寡	婦
か Grade: S	ふ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

寡婦 (hiragana かふ, rōmaji kafu)

1. widow