鰥寡孤獨

Chinese

		widows and widowers	orphans and the childless
trad. (鰥寡孤獨)		鰥寡	孤獨
simp. (鳏寡孤独)		鳏寡	孤独

Etymology

From Mencius.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānguǎgūdú

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄉㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaan¹ gwaa² gu¹ duk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānguǎgūdú
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄉㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guanguǎgudú
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-kua³-ku¹-tu²
  - Yale: gwān-gwǎ-gū-dú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangoagudwu
  - Palladius: гуаньгуагуду (guanʹguagudu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwän⁵⁵ kwä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku⁵⁵ tu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaan¹ gwaa² gu¹ duk⁶
  - Yale: gwāan gwá gū duhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaan¹ gwaa² gu¹ duk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guan¹ gua² gu¹ dug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaːn⁵⁵ kʷaː³⁵ kuː⁵⁵ tʊk̚²/

Idiom

鰥寡孤獨

people who have no one to rely on

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