| 1 | 寡妇 | 寡婦 | guǎ fu | gua3 fu5 | widow | | |
| 2 | 多寡 | 多寡 | duō guǎ | duo1 gua3 | number; amount | | |
| 3 | 孤寡 | 孤寡 | gū guǎ | gu1 gua3 | orphans and widows; to be lonely; loneliness | | |
| 4 | 众寡悬殊 | 眾寡懸殊 | zhòng guǎ xuán shū | zhong4 gua3 xuan2 shu1 | the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; unequally matched; overwhelmed by weight of numbers | | |
| 5 | 寡居 | 寡居 | guǎ jū | gua3 ju1 | to live as a widow | | |
| 6 | 寡见鲜闻 | 寡見鮮聞 | guǎ jiàn xiǎn wén | gua3 jian4 xian3 wen2 | to have seen and heard little of the world (idiom) | | |
| 7 | 寡见少闻 | 寡見少聞 | guǎ jiàn shǎo wén | gua3 jian4 shao3 wen2 | to be ill-informed and ignorant (idiom) | | |
| 8 | 寡二少双 | 寡二少雙 | guǎ èr shǎo shuāng | gua3 er4 shao3 shuang1 | peerless; second to none (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 寡淡 | 寡淡 | guǎ dàn | gua3 dan4 | insipid; bland; indifferent | | |
| 10 | 寡不敌众 | 寡不敵眾 | guǎ bù dí zhòng | gua3 bu4 di2 zhong4 | the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 寡 | 寡 | guǎ | gua3 | few; scant; widowed | | |
| 12 | 孤男寡女 | 孤男寡女 | gū nán guǎ nǚ | gu1 nan2 gua3 nu:3 | a single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting) | | |
| 13 | 孤陋寡闻 | 孤陋寡聞 | gū lòu guǎ wén | gu1 lou4 gua3 wen2 | ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded | | |
| 14 | 孤家寡人 | 孤家寡人 | gū jiā guǎ rén | gu1 jia1 gua3 ren2 | one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person) | | |
| 15 | 不患寡而患不均 | 不患寡而患不均 | bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn | bu4 huan4 gua3 er2 huan4 bu4 jun1 | do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects) | | |
| 16 | 孤儿寡母 | 孤兒寡母 | gū ér guǎ mǔ | gu1 er2 gua3 mu3 | orphans and widows (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 孤儿寡妇 | 孤兒寡婦 | gū ér guǎ fù | gu1 er2 gua3 fu4 | a widow and her child (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 多谋寡成 | 多謀寡成 | duō móu guǎ chéng | duo1 mou2 gua3 cheng2 | Too much consideration accomplishes nothing. (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 多寡不拘 | 多寡不拘 | duō guǎ bù jū | duo1 gua3 bu4 ju1 | Many or few does not matter. (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 多寡不等 | 多寡不等 | duō guǎ bù děng | duo1 gua3 bu4 deng3 | to vary in amount or number (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 敌众我寡 | 敵眾我寡 | dí zhòng wǒ guǎ | di2 zhong4 wo3 gua3 | multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered; beaten by the weight of numbers | | |
| 22 | 得道多助,失道寡助 | 得道多助,失道寡助 | dé dào duō zhù , shī dào guǎ zhù | de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4 , shi1 dao4 gua3 zhu4 | A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius) | | |
| 23 | 淡泊寡味 | 淡泊寡味 | dàn bó guǎ wèi | dan4 bo2 gua3 wei4 | insipid and tasteless (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 称孤道寡 | 稱孤道寡 | chēng gū dào guǎ | cheng1 gu1 dao4 gua3 | to call oneself king (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 沉默寡言 | 沉默寡言 | chén mò guǎ yán | chen2 mo4 gua3 yan2 | habitually silent (idiom); reticent; uncommunicative | | |