Skip to content
← Explore word lists

CHINESE CHARACTER

guǎ

寡

寡

Preparing animation…

few; widowed

Numbered pinyin
gua3
English meanings
few; scant; widowed

Stroke practice

Loading writing practice…

BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

A component breakdown is not available for this character yet. Some characters are learned as a whole rather than split into smaller parts.

Explore character components →

Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

Read the Chinese sentence, then check its English translation.

  1. 01

    guǎ寡yán言shǎo少yǔ语de的tā他hěn很shǎo少cānjiā参加jùhuì聚会。

    Taciturn, he rarely attends parties.

  2. 02

    tāmen他们guǎ寡bù不dí敌zhòng众,zuìzhōng最终chè撤tuì退le了。

    They were outnumbered, so they finally retreated.

  3. 03

    tā她shì是yī一wèi位guǎfu寡妇。

    She is a widow.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 寡妇
  • 寡言
  • 寡淡
  • 寡不敌众
  • 孤陋寡闻