鳏夫 (guān fū) — widower

Definition

Examples

• 他妻子去世后，他成了一个鳏夫。
  Tā qī zi qù shì hòu, tā chéng le yí gè guān fū.
  After his wife passed away, he became a widower.
• 这位老鳏夫独自生活了很多年。
  Zhè wèi lǎo guān fū dú zì shēng huó le hěn duō nián.
  This old widower has lived alone for many years.
• 村里有很多鳏夫，他们的孩子都在城里工作。
  Cūn lǐ yǒu hěn duō guān fū, tā men de hái zi dōu zài chéng lǐ gōng zuò.
  In the village there are many widowers; their children all work in the city.

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