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Information of 寡

Pinyinguǎ

Radical

宀

Strokes

14 strokes

Usage

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Definition

few / widowed

寡 [guǎ]1. 少，缺少。 (Few; lacking.)2. 淡而无味。 (Wishy-washy; lacking flavor.)3. 妇女死了丈夫。 (A woman whose husband has died; widow.)详细释义：1. 少，缺少： - ～薄 (few and thin) - ～恩 (scarce kindness) - ～陋 (lack of sophistication) - ～趣 (lack of interest) - 优柔～断 (indecisive) - ～不敌众 (few and inferior in comparison to the many) - 孤陋～闻 (ignorantly isolated) - ～廉鲜耻 (lack of integrity and shame) - 清心～欲 (pure heart without desires)2. 淡而无味： - ～味 (bland taste) - 清汤～水 (watered-down broth)3. 妇女死了丈夫： - ～妇 (widow) - ～母 (widowed mother) - ～居 (living as a widow) - 守～ (to remain a widow)形容词用法：1. 少;缺少 (few) 引例：如《说文》：寡，少也。 2. 孤独;孤单 (lonely; alone) 引例：如《广雅·释诂三》：寡，独也。3. 弱小 (weak) 例：如寡力 (weakness)4. 倒霉;不吉利 (unlucky) 引例：如《古今小说·沈小霞相会出师表》。5. 淡而无味 (wishy-washy; lacking flavor) 引例：如清汤寡水。名词用法：1. 寡妇，丈夫死去后还未再嫁的女人 (widow) 引例：如《战国策·齐策》：哀鳏寡。动词用法：1. 同本义 (widowed; spouseless) 引例：如《小尔雅·广义》。 2. 减少 (reduce) 引例：如《左传·僖公三十三年》。3. 舍弃 (abandon) 引例：如《论衡·书解》。4. 丧失配偶 (widow) 引例：如《史记·司马相如传》：新寡。副词用法：- 非常;很，极 (very) 例：如大凡疯子的面孔总是寡白的。代词用法：1. 古代王侯的谦称 (I) 引例：如《孟子·梁惠王下》：寡人非能好先王之乐也。

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

Input Method for 寡

Pinyingua3

Wubi

pdev

Cangjie

jmch

Zhengma

wdoy

Four Corner

30227

Unicode

U+5be1

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