寡 (gwaa2 | gua3) : few; tasteless; widowed

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寡

gwaa2

gua3

[1] few; scant; little; seldom
[2] tasteless; insipid; bland
[3] widowed; single; lonely

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

寡

This word has been viewed 5914 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Jun 2017 04:50

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寡婦 gwaa2 fu5 gua3 fu5 = a widow

孤家寡人 gu1 gaa1 gwaa2 jan4 gu1 jia1 gua3 ren2 = loner

沉默寡言 cam4 mak6 gwaa2 jin4 chen2 mo4 gua3 yan2 = [adj] taciturn 國

清湯寡水 cing1 tong1 gwaa2 seoi2 = tasteless clear soup; having no oil or ingredients

單身寡佬 daan1 san1 gwaa2 lou2 dan1 shen1 gua3 lao3 = a bachelor

單身寡仔 daan1 san1 gwaa2 zai2 = a bachelor

寡仔 gwaa2 zai2 = a young bachelor

寡母婆 gwaa2 mou5 po4*2 = a widow 粵

寡佬 gwaa2 lou2 gua3 lao3 = bachelor; a young bachelor

寡公 gwaa2 gung1 = a young bachelor
See all 22 compounds (CantoDict reports 21 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 寡
Unicode code for this character: U+5be1 (off-site link)

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