寡 guǎ

1. guǎ adjective few
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 少 (Guoyu '寡' adj; Kroll 2015 '寡' 1, p. 141; XHZD '寡' 1, p. 245)
2. guǎ noun a widow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '寡' n; Kroll 2015 '寡' 2, p. 142; Unihan '寡'; XHZD '寡' 3, p. 245)
3. guǎ pronoun myself [of the emperor]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '寡' pronoun; XHZD '寡' 2, p. 245)
4. guǎ adjective alone; friendless
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '寡' 2a, p. 141; Unihan '寡')
5. guǎ verb to reduce
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '寡' 1a, p. 142)

Contained in

• 鳏寡孤独(鰥寡孤獨) widowers, widows, orphans, and the childless
• 孤陋寡闻(孤陋寡聞) ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
• 寡陋 having little knowledge; not well-read
• 孤家寡人 one who is cut off from others; one who has chosen to follow a solitary path
• 清汤寡水(清湯寡水) meager fare; (fig.) insipid; colorless
• 沉默寡言 habitually silent; reticent; uncommunicative
• 寡不敌众(寡不敵眾) few are no match for many foe; outnumbered by the enemy
• 商业寡头(商業寡頭) business oligarch
• 寡居 to live as a widow
• 郁郁寡欢(鬱鬱寡歡) unhappy; depressed
• 新寡 recently widowed
• 寡头政治(寡頭政治) oligarchy
• 寡言 taciturn; reticent
• 寡头垄断(寡頭壟斷) oligopoly
• 寡助 finding little support; neglected
• 落落寡合 aloof; standoffish; unsociable
• 多寡 number; amount
• 不患寡 do not worry about scarcity
• 寡见鲜闻(寡見鮮聞) having seen little and heard about few things; ignorant
• 寡淡 insipid; bland; indifferent
• 优柔寡断(優柔寡斷) indecisive; irresolute
• 索然寡味 dull and insipid
• 众寡(衆寡) the many or the few
• 以寡敌众(以寡敵眾) few of us versus many of the enemy
• 寡糖 oligosaccharide
• 孤男寡女 a single man and a single woman; bachelors
• 曲高和寡 difficult songs find few singers ; highbrow
• 落落寡欢(落落寡歡) melancholy; unhappy
• 孤鸿寡鹄(孤鴻寡鵠) solitary goose and lonely swan; a man or woman who has lost a partner
• 鳏寡(鰥寡) a widower
• 不患寡而患不均 do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
• 寡情 heartless; unfeeling
• 寡闻少见(寡聞少見) having heard little and seen few things; ignorant
• 寡将(寡將) single [decision-making] commander
• 落落寡交 aloof and as a result friendless
• 兵微将寡(兵微將寡) few soldiers and a lone commander
• 寡人 the lone one; a ruler's way of refering to himself
• 失道寡助 an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
• 寡人所与庶人共者(寡人所與庶人共者) which I share with the common people
• 沉厚寡言 a sincere and reticent disposition
• 守寡 to live as widow; to observe widowhood
• 守活寡 to stay at home while one's husband is away; grass widow
• 淡泊寡味 insipid and tasteless
• 寡妇(寡婦) a widow
• 敌众我寡(敵眾我寡) outnumbered by the enemy
• 红寡妇鸟(紅寡婦鳥) Red Bishop; Euplectes orix
• 孤寡 orphans and widows; to be lonely; loneliness
• 寡欲 to have few desires
• 小国寡民(小國寡民) a small state with few people
• 寡见少闻(寡見少聞) having seen little and heard about few things; ignorant

Also contained in

刻薄寡恩

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 61
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 47
• 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 28
• 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 25
• 卷六 節葬下 Book 6 - Simplicity in Funerals III Mozi 墨子 — count: 19
• 《雜記上》 Miscellaneous Records I The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 17
• 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi Art of War 孫子兵法 — count: 14
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 14
• 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 13
• 文公 Lord Wen The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 9

Collocations

• 寡君 (寡君) 實弒寡君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 228
• 众寡 (眾寡) 對曰無有眾寡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 26
• 曰寡 (曰寡) 稱諸異邦曰寡小君 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 16. 《季氏》 Ji Shi — count: 12
• 寡大夫 (寡大夫) 君辱貺寡大夫圍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
• 暴寡 (暴寡) 眾者暴寡 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 8
• 在寡 (在寡) 君若辱在寡君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 7
• 矜寡 (矜寡) 至于矜寡 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧鴻鴈 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - Hong Yan — count: 5
• 寡小 (寡小) 稱諸異邦曰寡小君 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 16. 《季氏》 Ji Shi — count: 4
• 贶寡 (貺寡) 君辱貺寡大夫圍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 寡妻 (寡妻) 刑于寡妻 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧思齊 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Si Zhai — count: 3