寡
guǎ HSK7

widowed, alone

寡 guǎ
few in number idiom
few; minority (often used in the set phrase 寡不敌众 guǎ​bù​dí​zhòng meaning 'the few cannot resist the many')

他虽然勇敢抵抗，但终究寡不敌众。

tā suī​rán yǒng​gǎn dǐ​kàng, dàn zhōng​jiū guǎ bù​dí zhòng.

Although he fought bravely, he was ultimately outnumbered.

few adjective
small in number or amount; scant

此人性格孤僻，平时话极寡。

cǐ rén xìng​gé gū​pì, píng​shí huà jí guǎ.

This person is unsociable and usually speaks very little.

widowed verb
having lost one's spouse; relating to a widow

那位妇女年纪轻轻就守寡了。

nà wèi fù​nǚ nián​jì qīng​qīng jiù shǒu guǎ le.

That woman was widowed at a young age.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,268th most common 26.1 per million
Movie subtitles
2,382nd most common 10.4 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.52 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.58 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+5BE1

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)