How to write 寡

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Meaning of 寡

Pinyin guǎ

Radical

宀

Strokes

Definition

few / widowed

Usage

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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