丧偶

喪偶
sàng'ǒu
verb #42,912

Meanings

  1. 1 to be widowed
  2. 2 to lose one's spouse
  3. 3 widowed (marital status)

Examples

HSK 3
Tā sān nián qián sàng'ǒu, xiànzài yí ge rén shēnghuó.
She was widowed three years ago and now lives alone.
HSK 6
Tiánbiǎo shí, hūnyīn zhuàngkuàng yì lán tā tián le sàng'ǒu.
When filling in the form, she put 'widowed' under marital status.

Tips

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丧偶 is formal: forms, news and legal texts. In conversation people say 老伴走了 'my other half has passed away'. 丧 here is fourth tone, 'to lose'; first-tone 丧 is for funerals, as in 丧事.

Stroke Order

丧 sāng
偶 ǒu