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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒuhuóguǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouhwogoa
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuhuóguǎ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xwɔ³⁵ kwä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² wut⁶ gwaa²
  - Yale: sáu wuht gwá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² wut⁹ gwaa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² wud⁶ gua²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ wuːt̚² kʷäː³⁵/

Verb

守活寡

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)

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