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寡

guǎ

Character

What 寡 means

1. few
2. scant
3. widowed

Example sentences

• 汤姆是个寡欲的人。
  Tāngmǔ shì ge guǎyù de rén.
  Tom is a man of few wants.
• 林肯本人是沉默寡言的。
  Línkěn běnrén shì chénmò-guǎyán de.
  Lincoln himself was taciturn.
• 寡妇为她的丈夫哀悼了很久。
  Guǎfu wèi tā de zhàngfu āidào le hěn jiǔ.
  The widow mourned her husband for a long time.

Words starting with 寡

• 寡妇guǎ fuwidow
• 寡人guǎ rénI (first person pronoun used by royalty or nobility)
• 寡头guǎ tóuoligarch
• 寡言guǎ yántaciturn; reticent
• 寡助guǎ zhù(esp. of an unjust cause) to receive little support
• 寡居guǎ jūto live as a widow
• 寡情guǎ qíngheartless; unfeeling
• 寡淡guǎ dàninsipid; bland; indifferent
• 寡糖guǎ tángoligosaccharide
• 寡不敌众guǎ bù dí zhòngthe few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom)
• 寡头政治guǎ tóu zhèng zhìoligarchy
• 寡头垄断guǎ tóu lǒng duànoligopoly
• 寡陋guǎ lòuhaving little knowledge; not well-read
• 寡二少双guǎ èr shǎo shuāngpeerless; second to none (idiom)

Words containing 寡

• 沉默寡言chén mò guǎ yánhabitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative
• 多寡duō guǎnumber; amount
• 孤陋寡闻gū lòu guǎ wénignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
• 郁郁寡欢yù yù guǎ huān(idiom) depressed; cheerless
• 守寡shǒu guǎto live as widow; to observe widowhood
• 优柔寡断yōu róu guǎ duànindecisive; irresolute
• 孤家寡人gū jiā guǎ rénone who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path…
• 孤寡gū guǎorphans and widows; to be lonely; loneliness
• 众寡zhòng guǎthe many or the few
• 守活寡shǒu huó guǎto stay at home while one's husband is away; grass widow
• 刻薄寡恩kè bó guǎ ēnharsh and merciless (idiom)
• 失道寡助shī dào guǎ zhùan unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius); cf 得道多助
• 孤男寡女gū nán guǎ nǚa single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together…
• 敌众我寡dí zhòng wǒ guǎmultitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered…
• 曲高和寡qǔ gāo hè guǎdifficult songs find few singers (idiom); highbrow
• 清心寡欲qīng xīn guǎ yù(idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence; abstemious; ascetic
• 清汤寡水qīng tāng guǎ shuǐmeager fare; (fig.) insipid; colorless
• 众寡悬殊zhòng guǎ xuán shū(idiom) a great disparity in numerical strength
• 红寡妇鸟hóng guǎ fu niǎo(ornithology) red bishop (Euplectes orix)
• 索然寡味suǒ rán guǎ wèidull and insipid
• 落落寡交luò luò guǎ jiāoaloof and as a result friendless (idiom)
• 落落寡合luò luò guǎ héaloof; standoffish; unsociable
• 落落寡欢luò luò guǎ huānmelancholy; unhappy
• 木讷寡言mù nè guǎ yánhonest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)

Characters that look like 寡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 慕mùto admire
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 寞mòlonesome
• 暮mùevening; sunset
• 蓖bìthe castor-oil plant
• 蕙huìCoumarouna odorata

Sounds the same

Read guǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 剐cut off the flesh as punishment