Chinese symbol for “bachelors”
孤男寡女
gū nán guǎ nǚ
a single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bachelors is 孤男寡女 (gū nán guǎ nǚ), defined as: a single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 孤男寡女.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孤独 (孤獨) | gū dú | lonely; solitary |
| 孤立 | gū lì | to isolate; isolated |
| 孤儿 (孤兒) | gū ér | orphan |
| 孤单 (孤單) | gū dān | lone; lonely |
| 孤儿院 (孤兒院) | gū ér yuàn | orphanage; child asylum |
| 孤岛 (孤島) | gū dǎo | isolated island |
| 男人 | nán rén | a man; a male |
| 男子 | nán zǐ | a man; a male |
| 寡妇 (寡婦) | guǎ fu | widow |
| 女人 | nǚ rén | woman |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.