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鰥gwaan1夫fu1

simp鳏夫
gwaan1 fu1guān fū

English

  1. old wifeless man; bachelor; widower
  2. a widower (a man who has lost his wife) or an old man who has not married

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 老而無妻嘅男人、又或喪妻嘅男人(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 死咗老婆嘅人叫做鰥夫。

    A man whose wife is dead is called a widower.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 死了妻子的人叫做鰥夫。

    A man whose wife is dead is called a widower.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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