寡
widowed; friendless, alone; few; scant
- Strokes
- 14
- Pinyin
- guǎ
Parts
Words with 寡
- 多寡duō guǎ · duoguanumber; amount
- 孤寡gū guǎ · guguaorphans and widows; to be lonely; loneliness
- 守寡shǒu guǎ · shouguato live as widow; to observe widowhood
- 寡人guǎ rén · guarenI (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
- 寡助guǎ zhù · guazhu(esp. of an unjust cause) to receive little support
- 寡妇guǎ fu · guafuwidow
- 寡居guǎ jū · guajuto live as a widow
- 寡情guǎ qíng · guaqingheartless; unfeeling
- 寡淡guǎ dàn · guadaninsipid; bland; indifferent
- 寡糖guǎ táng · guatangoligosaccharide
- 寡言guǎ yán · guayantaciturn; reticent
- 寡陋guǎ lòu · gualouhaving little knowledge; not well-read
- 寡头guǎ tóu · guatouoligarch
- 众寡zhòng guǎ · zhongguathe many or the few
- 守活寡shǒu huó guǎ · shouhuoguato stay at home while one's husband is away; grass widow
- 优柔寡断yōu róu guǎ duàn · yourouguaduanindecisive; irresolute
- 刻薄寡恩kè bó guǎ ēn · keboguaenharsh and merciless (idiom)
- 失道寡助shī dào guǎ zhù · shidaoguazhuan unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius); cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support
- 孤家寡人gū jiā guǎ rén · gujiaguarenone 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)
- 孤男寡女gū nán guǎ nǚ · gunanguanua single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
- 孤陋寡闻gū lòu guǎ wén · gulouguawenignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
- 寡不敌众guǎ bù dí zhòng · guabudizhongthe few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom)
- 寡二少双guǎ èr shǎo shuāng · guaershaoshuangpeerless; second to none (idiom)
- 寡头垄断guǎ tóu lǒng duàn · guatoulongduanoligopoly
- 寡头政治guǎ tóu zhèng zhì · guatouzhengzhioligarchy
- 敌众我寡dí zhòng wǒ guǎ · dizhongwoguamultitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; beaten by the weight of numbers
- 曲高和寡qǔ gāo hè guǎ · qugaoheguadifficult songs find few singers (idiom); highbrow
- 木讷寡言mù nè guǎ yán · muneguayanhonest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
- 沉默寡言chén mò guǎ yán · chenmoguayanhabitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative
- 清心寡欲qīng xīn guǎ yù · qingxinguayu(idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence; abstemious; ascetic