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
Gan (Wiktionary): siiu³ 'gua³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sú-kóa

(Hailu, HRS): shiu^ˊ gua^ˊ
Jin (Wiktionary): sou² gua²
Northern Min (KCR): siǔ-guǎ
Eastern Min (BUC): ciū-*guā / siū-*guā
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiú-kóa / chiú-kóaⁿ / chiúⁿ-kóaⁿ / siú-kóa

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): xiu² gua²
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): sau² gwaa²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuguǎ [Phonetic: shóuguǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuguǎ
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-kua³
  - Yale: shǒu-gwǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoougoa
  - Palladius: шоугуа (šougua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² gwaa²
  - Yale: sáu gwá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² gwaa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² gua²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ kʷaː³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: siiu³ 'gua³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɨu²¹³⁻²⁴ ˈkua²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-kóa
  - Hakka Romanization System: su^ˋ gua^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su³ gua³
  - Sinological IPA: /su³¹ ku̯a³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shiu^ˊ gua^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃiu²⁴⁻³³ kua²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sou² gua²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /səu⁵³⁻¹¹ kua⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǔ-guǎ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu²¹ kua²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciū-*guā / siū-*guā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieu³³⁻³⁵ kua³³/, /sieu³³⁻³⁵ kua³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-kóa
  - Tâi-lô: tsiú-kuá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'koar
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kua⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-kóaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiú-kuánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'kvoar
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁵³/
  - IPA (Tainan): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kuã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiúⁿ-kóaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiúnn-kuánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviw'kvoar
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-kóa
  - Tâi-lô: siú-kuá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw'koar
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴¹/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: xiu² gua²
  - Sinological IPA: /siu³¹ kua³¹/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: sau² gwaa²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /səu³³ kʷa³³/

Verb

守⫽寡 (verb-object)

to remain a widow; to live in widowhood
- 2024, 陳秀涵 (lyrics and music), “青花姐仔”, in 青花姐仔‎^[1], performed by 黃妃:
  
  少年守寡　歲月風雨 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  少年守寡　岁月风雨 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  siàu-liân chiú-kóa, sòe-goa̍t hong-ú [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 守寡 (“to remain a widow; to live in widowhood”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		守寡, 孀居, 居孀
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	守寡
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	守寡
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	守寡
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	守寡, 居孀
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	守清
Cantonese	Hong Kong	守寡
Gan	Nanchang	守寡
Gan	Lichuan	守寡
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	守寡
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	守寡
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	守寡
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	守寡
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	守寡
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	守寡
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	守寡
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	守寡
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	守寡
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	守寡
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	守寡
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	守寡
Huizhou	Jixi	守寡
Jin	Taiyuan	守寡
Northern Min	Jian'ou	守寡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	守寡, 孀居
Southern Min	Xiamen	守寡
	Zhao'an	守寡
	Dongshan	守寡, 守節
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	守寡
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	守寡
	Kaohsiung	守寡
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	守寡
	Yilan (Luodong)	守寡
	Yilan (Toucheng)	守寡
	Changhua (Yongjing)	守寡
	Tainan	守寡
	Tainan (Anping)	守寡
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	守寡
	Penghu (Xiyu)	守寡
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	守寡
	Leizhou	守寡
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	守寡
Wu	Jinhua	守寡, 守寡婦

Derived terms