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Meaning of 寡

Pinyin guǎ

Radical

宀

Strokes

Definition

few / widowed

Usage

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寡 [guǎ] 形 (Adjective) 1. 少; 缺少 (few) 2. 孤独; 孤单 (lonely; alone) 3. 弱小 (weak) 4. 倒霉; 不吉利 (unlucky) 5. 淡而无味 (wishy-washy; be like milk and water) 名 (Noun) 1. 寡妇，丈夫死去后还未再嫁的女人 (widow) 动 (Verb) 【本义】: 古代妇人丧夫，男子无妻或丧偶，都叫寡 1. 同本义 (widowed; sole; spouseless) 2. 减少 (reduce) 3. 舍弃 (abandon) 4. 丧失配偶 (widow) 5. 后渐以专指妇人丧夫 (later specifically refers to women whose husbands have died) 副 (Adverb) 非常; 很，极 (very) 例如: 大凡疯子的面孔总是寡白的; 猪喂得寡瘦 (For example: The faces of madmen are usually very pale; pigs are fed very thin.) 代 (Pronoun) 1. 古代王侯的谦称 (I) 例如: 寡人非能好先王之乐也，直好世俗之乐耳 (For example: I, not able to enjoy the music of the former king, merely enjoy the music of the world.)

寡头 guǎ tóu

oligarch

寡妇 guǎ fu

widow

寡嫂 guǎ sǎo

Widow

孤陋寡闻 gū lòu guǎ wén

ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded

孤儿寡母 gū ér guǎ mǔ

Widow and orphan

寡人 guǎ rén

I (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)

多寡 duō guǎ

number / amount

沉默寡言 chén mò guǎ yán

habitually silent (idiom) / reticent / uncommunicative

寡不敌众 guǎ bù dí zhòng

the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom)

寡头政治 guǎ tóu zhèng zhì

oligarchy

守寡 shǒu guǎ

to live as widow / to observe widowhood

敌众我寡 dí zhòng wǒ guǎ

multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers

优柔寡断 yōu róu guǎ duàn

indecisive / irresolute

郁郁寡欢 yù yù guǎ huān

depressed / cheerless

清心寡欲 qīng xīn guǎ yù

(idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence / abstemious / ascetic

孤家寡人 gū jiā guǎ rén

one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)

孤寡老人 gū guǎ lǎo rén

an elderly person of no family

少言寡语 shǎo yán guǎ yǔ

be a little bit quiet

众寡悬殊 zhòng guǎ xuán shū

the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered / unequally matched / overwhelmed by weight of numbers

寡欲 guǎ yù

have few desires

寡廉鲜耻 guǎ lián xiǎn chǐ

shameless

鳏寡孤独 guān guǎ gū dú

lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless / fig. people with no one left to rely on