守寡
sau2 gwaa2shǒu guǎ
English
- to live as widow
- to observe widowhood
- to remain as a widow; to live in widowhood
粵語 — Cantonese
- 喺丈夫死後一直做寡婦,唔改嫁
Examples
我出世之後爸爸就走咗,我媽媽守寡養大我嘅。
My dad died soon after I was born. My mum lived as a widow and raised me.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk