寡婦

See also: 寡妇

Chinese

		few; widowed	woman
trad. (寡婦)		寡	婦
simp. (寡妇)		寡	妇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guǎfu, guǎfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˇ ˙ㄈㄨ, ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄈㄨˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gua³ fu⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa² fu⁵
• Gan (Wiktionary): gua³ fu
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kóa-fu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gua³ fu⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): gua² fu³
• Eastern Min (BUC): guā-hō
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kóa-hū / kóa-hǔ / kóaⁿ-hū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gua² hu⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹ko₅-vu; ⁵ko-vu / ⁵ko-vu₆
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gua³ fu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎfu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˇ ˙ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎfů
    • Wade–Giles: kua³-fu⁵
    • Yale: gwǎ-fu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goa.fu
    • Palladius: гуафу (guafu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä²¹⁴ fu⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎfù
    • Wade–Giles: kua³-fu⁴
    • Yale: gwǎ-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goafuh
    • Palladius: гуафу (guafu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gua³ fu⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guafu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵³ fu²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaa² fu⁵
    • Yale: gwá fúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa² fu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gua² fu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³⁵ fuː¹³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gua³ fu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua²¹³⁻²¹ fu¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóa-fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gua` fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gua³ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯a³¹ fu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gua³ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kua³¹ fu⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gua² fu³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kua⁵³ fu⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guā-hō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua³³⁻³⁵ ^(h-)u³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóa-hū
    • Tâi-lô: kuá-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koafhu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóa-hǔ
    • Tâi-lô: kuá-hǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóaⁿ-hū
    • Tâi-lô: kuánn-hū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoafhu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gua² hu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuá hŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kua⁵²⁻³⁵ hu³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹ko₅-vu; ⁵ko-vu
    • MiniDict: ko^去 vu; ko^去 vu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ko₂-vu; ²ko-vu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ko⁵⁵ vu²¹/, /ko³³ vu⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ko-vu₆
    • MiniDict: ko^去 vu^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ko⁵² vu³³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: gua³ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠⁴¹ ɸu⁴⁵/

Noun

寡婦

1. widow

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 寡婦 (“widow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		寡, 寡婦, 寡妻, 嫠, 嫠婦, 孀, 孀妻, 孀婦, 遺孀, 孤孀, 孤嫠, 寡嫠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		寡婦, 孤孀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	寡婦, 半邊人兒, 半邊人
	Taiwan	寡婦
	Ulanhot	寡婦
	Tongliao	寡婦
	Chifeng	寡婦
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	寡婦
	Harbin	寡婦
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	寡婦
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	寡婦兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	寡婦
	Wanrong	寡婦
	Xi'an	寡婦
	Xining	寡婦
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	寡婦
	Bayanhot	寡婦
	Lanzhou	寡婦
	Ürümqi	寡婦
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	寡母子, 寡母兒, 寡婦
	Wuhan	寡婦
	Guiyang	寡婆, 寡婦
	Guilin	寡婦
	Guanyang	寡婆子
	Liuzhou	寡母婆, 寡婦婆, 寡婦
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	寡婦
	Yangzhou	半邊人, 寡婦
	Xinghua	半邊人
	Hefei	寡婦
Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	女寡婦
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	女寡婦
	Dagudi (Maliba)	寡婦
	Reshuitang (Longling)	寡婦婆
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	老寡婦
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	寡婦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	寡母婆, 寡婆
	Hong Kong	寡母婆
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	寡婦婆
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	守寡婆
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	守寡婆
	Taishan	寡婆
	Dongguan	守寡婆
	Yangjiang	寡婦婆
	Xinyi	寡母婆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	寡母婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	寡母婆
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	寡婦
Gan	Nanchang	寡婦, 半邊人
	Lichuan	寡婦
	Pingxiang	寡婦, 寡婦婆
Hakka	Meixian	寡婦
	Yudu	寡婦婆
	Hong Kong	守寡婆
	Sabah (Longchuan)	寡婦婆
	Senai (Huiyang)	守寡婆
Huizhou	Jixi	寡婦, 寡婦老嫗
Jin	Taiyuan	寡婦
	Xinzhou	寡婦, 守寡哩
	Taibus (Baochang)	寡婦
	Linhe	寡婦
	Jining	寡婦
	Hohhot	寡婦
	Baotou	寡婦
	Dongsheng	寡婦
	Haibowan	寡婦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	守寡嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	孀居儂, 孀居
Southern Min	Xiamen	守寡儂, 守寡的, 守寡查某
	Quanzhou	守寡儂
	Zhangzhou	守寡儂
	Chaozhou	守寡個
	Shantou	寡婦
	Bangkok (Teochew)	寡婦
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	寡婦
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	寡婦
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	寡婦
	Wenchang	守節
	Haikou	死老公個
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	寡婆
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	寡母婆
Wu	Shanghai	孤孀, 寡婦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	寡婦, 單邊人
	Suzhou	孤孀
	Wuxi	寡婦
	Danyang	寡婦
	Hangzhou	寡婦
	Ningbo	孤孀老𡢿, 孤孀
	Wenzhou	守寡老人兒, 守寡老安人, 單邊人
	Jinhua	寡婦
Xiang	Changsha	寡婦
	Loudi	寡婦
	Shuangfeng	單身寡婦, 寡婦

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (寡婦):

• → Japanese: 寡婦(かふ) (kafu)
• → Korean: 과부(寡婦) (gwabu)
• → Vietnamese: quả phụ (寡婦)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: goá bụa

See also

• 鰥夫／鳏夫 (guānfū)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
寡	婦
か Grade: S	ふ Grade: 5
kan’on	kan’yōon

From Middle Chinese 寡婦 (MC kwaeX bjuwX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​ふ [káꜜfù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

寡(か)婦(ふ) • (kafu) ^{←くわふ (kwafu)?}

1. widow

Synonyms

• 未(み)亡(ぼう)人(じん) (mibōjin), 後家(ごけ) (goke), やもめ (yamome)

Related terms

• 寡夫(かふ) (kafu, “widow”)
• 寡(か)フ (kafu, “widow or widower”)

See also

• 死(し)別(べつ)者(しゃ) (shibetsusha)
• 離(り)別(べつ)者(しゃ) (ribetsusha)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
寡	婦
やもめ
Grade: S	Grade: 5
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 寡婦 – see the following entry.

【やもめ】 [noun] 寡, 寡婦, 孀: widow Alternative spellings 寡, 孀

(This term, 寡婦, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
寡	婦

Noun

寡婦 • (gwabu) (hangeul 과부)

1. Hanja form^? of 과부 (“widow”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
寡	婦

Noun

寡婦

1. chữ Hán form of quả phụ (“widow”).