| guǎ | few/widowed |
| 寡 | few widowed |
| 寡不敌众 | the few are no match for the many heavily outnumbered facing impossible odds (idiom) |
| 寡人 | solitary lone person I, the sovereign (a special Chinese word, a modest self appointed name) |
| 寡助 | finding little support neglected |
| 寡合 | unsocial |
| 寡味 | tasteless |
| 寡头 | oligarch |
| 寡头垄断 | oligopoly |
| 寡头政治 | oligarchy |
| 寡妇 | widow |
| 寡妇再醮 | to remarry after one's husband's death |
| 寡居 | to live as a widow |
| 寡廉鲜耻 | be shameless |
| 寡情 | detachment |
| 寡情薄义 | to have no affections and be a man of shallow feelings |
| 寡核酸 | [Biology] oligonucleotide |
| 寡核酸数组 | oligonucleotides microarray |
| 寡欢 | joyless; unhappy |
| 寡欲 | lessening desires |
| 寡欲清心 | to have few desires and be clean in mind |