寡欲

Chinese

		few; widowed	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish
trad. (寡欲/寡慾)		寡	欲/慾
simp. (寡欲)		寡	欲

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǎyù

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaa² juk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǎyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǎyù
  - Wade–Giles: kua³-yü⁴
  - Yale: gwǎ-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goayuh
  - Palladius: гуаюй (guajuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwaa² juk⁶
  - Yale: gwá yuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwaa² juk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gua² yug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷaː³⁵ jʊk̚²/

Verb

寡欲

(literary) to have few desires

Derived terms

少私寡欲
恬淡寡欲
清心寡欲 (qīngxīnguǎyù)
清貧寡欲／清贫寡欲
清靜寡欲／清静寡欲
澹泊寡欲

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