# 守寡
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǒuguǎ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sau$^2$ gwaa$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): siiu$^3$ 'gua$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sú-kóa
    (Hailu, HRS): shiu$^ˊ$ gua$^ˊ$
* Jin (Wiktionary): sou$^2$ gua$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): siǔ-guǎ
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciū-*guā / siū-*guā
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiú-kóa / chiú-kóaⁿ / chiúⁿ-kóaⁿ / siú-kóa
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): xiu$^2$ gua$^2$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): sau$^2$ gwaa$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuguǎ [Phonetic: shóuguǎ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuguǎ
*** Wade–Giles: shou$^3$-kua$^3$
*** Yale: shǒu-gwǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoougoa
*** Palladius: шоугуа (šougua)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sau$^2$ gwaa$^2$
*** Yale: sáu gwá
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sau$^2$ gwaa$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seo$^2$ gua$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐu̯³⁵ kʷaː³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: siiu$^3$ 'gua$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɨu²¹³⁻²⁴ ˈkua²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-kóa
*** Hakka Romanization System: su$^ˋ$ gua$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: su$^3$ gua$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /su³¹ ku̯a³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shiu$^ˊ$ gua$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃiu²⁴⁻³³ kua²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: sou$^2$ gua$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /səu⁵³⁻¹¹ kua⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǔ-guǎ
*** Sinological IPA : /siu²¹ kua²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciū-*guā / siū-*guā
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sieu³³⁻³⁵ kua³³/, /sieu³³⁻³⁵ kua³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-kóa
*** Tâi-lô: tsiú-kuá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'koar
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kua⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-kóaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsiú-kuánn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'kvoar
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁵³/
*** IPA (Tainan): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kuã⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiúⁿ-kóaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tsiúnn-kuánn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cviw'kvoar
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuã⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-kóa
*** Tâi-lô: siú-kuá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siw'koar
*** IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kua⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kua⁴¹/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: xiu$^2$ gua$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /siu³¹ kua³¹/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: sau$^2$ gwaa$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /səu³³ kʷa³³/

### Verb

守⫽寡 (verb-object)
* to remain a widow; to live in widowhood
** 2024, 陳秀涵 (lyrics and music), “青花姐仔”, in 青花姐仔‎, performed by 黃妃:
       siàu-liân chiú-kóa, sòe-goa̍t hong-ú [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 守寡, 孀居, 居孀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 守寡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 守寡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 守寡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 守寡, 居孀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 守清 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 守寡 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 守寡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 守寡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 守寡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 守寡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 守寡 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 守寡 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 守寡 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 守寡 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 守寡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 守寡 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 守寡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 守寡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 守寡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 守寡 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 守寡 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 守寡 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 守寡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 守寡, 孀居 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 守寡, 守節 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 守寡 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 守寡 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 守寡 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 守寡, 守寡婦 |

#### Derived terms

* 守寡人
* 守寡哩
* 守寡婆
* 守寡嫲
* 守寡老人兒 / 守寡老人儿
* 守寡老安人
* 守寡諸娘儂 / 守寡诸娘侬
* 活守寡