guān

common

Meaning of 鳏夫

鳏夫 means widower; man who has lost his wife. Pronounced guān fū.

  • widower; man who has lost his wife

Definitions & Examples

zi
shì
hòu
 
chéng
le
guān
 

After his wife passed away, he became a widower.

wèi
lǎo
guān
shēng
huó
le
hěn
duō
nián
 

That old widower has lived alone for many years.

Zài
dài
 
guān
yǒu
shí
huì
shòu
dào
shè
huì
de
bié
guān
zhào
 

In ancient times, widowers sometimes received special care from society.

Chéng
 
guān
guǎ
 
zhōng
de
 
guān
 
jiù
shì
zhǐ
guān
 

In the idiom 'guān guǎ gū dú,' the character '鳏' refers to widowers.