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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shǒuhuóguǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄚˇ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): shòuhuóguà
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² wut⁶ gwaa²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiú-oa̍h-kóa / chiú-oa̍h-kóaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuhuóguǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuhuóguǎ
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-huo²-kua³
  - Yale: shǒu-hwó-gwǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouhwogoa
  - Palladius: шоухогуа (šouxogua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: shòuhuóguà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤu⁵³ xuo²⁴ kua⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² wut⁶ gwaa²
  - Yale: sáu wuht gwá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² wut⁹ gwaa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² wud⁶ gua²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ wuːt̚² kʷaː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-oa̍h-kóa
  - Tâi-lô: tsiú-ua̍h-kuá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciwoaqkoar
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kua⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kua⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-oa̍h-kóaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiú-ua̍h-kuánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciwoaqkvoar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kuã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ua(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kuã⁵³/

Verb

守活寡

to live the life of a widow despite having a living husband; to be a grass widow

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 守活寡 (“to live the life of a widow despite having a living husband; to be a grass widow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		守活寡
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	守活寡
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	守活寡
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	守生寡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	守活寡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	守生寡
Cantonese	Hong Kong	守生寡
Jin	Xinzhou	守活寡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	守生寡

See also

守寡 (shǒuguǎ)