# 寡妻
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guǎqī
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄑㄧ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa$^2$ cai$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guǎqī
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄑㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guǎci
*** Wade–Giles: kua$^3$-chʻi$^1$
*** Yale: gwǎ-chī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goachi
*** Palladius: гуаци (guaci)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwaa$^2$ cai$^1$
*** Yale: gwá chāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa$^2$ tsai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gua$^2$ cei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷaː³⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

### Noun

寡妻
* (literary) first wife
* (literary) widow

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 寡, 寡婦, 寡妻, 嫠, 嫠婦, 孀, 孀妻, 孀婦, 遺孀, 孤孀, 孤嫠, 寡嫠 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 寡婦, 孤孀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 寡婦, 半邊人兒, 半邊人 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 寡婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 寡婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 寡婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 寡婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 寡婦 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 寡婦 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 寡婦 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 寡婦兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 寡婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 寡婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 寡婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 寡婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 女寡婦 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 女寡婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 寡婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 寡婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 寡婦 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 寡母子, 寡母兒, 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 寡婆, 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 寡婆子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 寡母婆, 寡婦婆, 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 寡婦婆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 老寡婦 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 寡婦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 寡婦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 半邊人, 寡婦 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 半邊人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 寡婦 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 寡母婆, 寡婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 寡母婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 寡婦婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 守寡婆 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 守寡婆 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 寡婆 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 守寡婆 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 寡婦婆 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 寡母婆 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 寡母婆 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 寡母婆 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 寡婦 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 寡婦, 半邊人 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 寡婦 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 寡婦, 寡婦婆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 寡婦 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 寡婦婆 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 守寡婆 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 寡婦婆 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 守寡婆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 寡婦, 寡婦老嫗 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 寡婦, 守寡哩 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Linhe | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Jining | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Baotou | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 寡婦 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 寡婦 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 守寡嫲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 孀居儂, 孀居 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 守寡儂, 守寡的, 守寡查某 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 守寡儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 守寡儂 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 守寡個 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 寡婦 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 寡婦 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 寡婦 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 寡婦 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 寡婦 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 守節 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 死老公個 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 寡婆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 寡母婆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 孤孀, 寡婦 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 寡婦, 單邊人 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 孤孀 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 寡婦 |
| Wu | Danyang | 寡婦 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 寡婦 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 孤孀老𡢿, 孤孀 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 守寡老人兒, 守寡老安人, 單邊人 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 寡婦 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 寡婦 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 寡婦 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 單身寡婦, 寡婦 |