Meaning of 寡妇
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
guǎfu
- widow
寡妇 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
寡妇为她的丈夫哀悼了很久。
The widow mourned her husband for a long time.
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寡 guǎ · widowed · 14 strokes
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妇 fù · married woman · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 寡妇.
| 夫妇 | fūfù | a (married) couple; husband and wife |
| 妇女 | fùnǚ | woman |
| 孕妇 | yùnfù | pregnant woman |
| 媳妇 | xífu | daughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation |
| 主妇 | zhǔfù | housewife; woman of senior authority in a household |
| 孤陋寡闻 | gūlòu-guǎwén | ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded |
| 荡妇 | dàngfù | prostitute; floozy; slut |
| 情妇 | qíngfù | mistress; paramour (of married man) |
| 家庭主妇 | jiātíngzhǔfù | housewife; stay-at-home wife |
| 妇人 | fùrén | married woman |
| 老妇人 | lǎofùrén | elderly woman |
| 泼妇 | pōfù | shrew; vixen |
Questions about 寡妇
What does 寡妇 mean?
寡妇 (guǎfu) means "widow" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 寡妇?
寡妇 is made of 2 characters: 寡 (14 strokes), 妇 (6 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.
Is 寡妇 an HSK word?
Yes. 寡妇 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 寡妇 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 寡妇 is written 寡婦.