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寡
Mandarin: gua3
Definitions
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 scant
  3. 3 widowed
  4. 4 alone
  5. 5 tasteless
  6. 6 # adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
寡
[[widowed]] | gwá lóu 寡佬 — [a lone guy] a middle-aged bachelor.
Words containing 寡
稱孤道寡
act like an absolute ruler; to address oneself as king
寡廉鮮恥
Shameless
清湯寡水
(noun) watery tasteless soup
寡母婆咁多心
indecisive, cannot make a decision
寡婆
noun; widow
寡佬
(noun) single guy
多寡
amount
姣婆守唔到寡
it means it is hard to change people's personality; literally: a sexually promis
單身寡仔
single male (slang)
清心寡慾
purify the mind and reduce (sexual) desire (lit., "clear mind with few desires")
寡母婆
a widow
優柔寡斷
hesitant
鬱鬱寡歡
melancholy; depressed; down
沉默寡言
[adj] taciturn
寡婦
a widow | [粵]: 寡母婆
寡公
men who are widowed
孤家寡人
loner; person isolated from others and without support; person who has no family
輕諾寡信
those who make promises easily seldoms keep them
鰥寡
surviving spouse; widowers and widows
曲高和寡
highbrow songs find few singers; too highbrow to be popular
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