守生寡

Chinese

		to guard	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	few; widowed
simp. and trad. (守生寡)		守	生	寡

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² saang¹ gwaa²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiú-seⁿ-kóaⁿ / chiú-siⁿ-kóaⁿ

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² saang¹ gwaa²
  - Yale: sáu sāang gwá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² saang¹ gwaa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² sang¹ gua²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵ kʷaː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-seⁿ-kóaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiú-senn-kuánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciwsve'kvoar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-siⁿ-kóaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiú-sinn-kuánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciwsvi'kvoar
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁵³/

Verb

守生寡

(Cantonese, Hokkien) to live the life of a widow despite having a living husband; to be a grass widow

Synonyms

守活寡 (shǒuhuóguǎ)

See also

守寡 (shǒuguǎ)

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