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Hanzi

荒 / 荒

Traditional
荒
Simplified
荒

desolate/shortage/scarce/out of practice/absurd/uncultivated/to neglect

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 7

Pinyin

huāng, huǎng, kāng, huáng

Bopomofo

ㄏㄨㄤ, ㄏㄨㄤˇ, ㄎㄤ, ㄏㄨㄤˊ

Jyutping

fong1

Example sentences

荒唐 huāngtáng
這個說法太荒唐了。
这个说法太荒唐了。

This explanation is completely absurd.

荒原 huāngyuán
夕陽西下時，探險隊仍在荒原中尋找水源。
夕阳西下时，探险队仍在荒原中寻找水源。

As the sun set, the expedition team was still searching for water in the wasteland.

荒地 huāngdì
政府打算將這塊荒地開闢成公園。
政府打算将这块荒地开辟成公园。

The government plans to develop this wasteland into a park.

昔日 xīrì
昔日的荒地現在變成了美麗的公園。
昔日的荒地现在变成了美丽的公园。

The former wasteland has now become a beautiful park.

Example Vocabulary

拓荒者

tuo4'huang1'zhe3

荒唐

huang1'tang2

absurd; preposterous; wildly unreasonable; dissolute

荒村

huang1'cun1

兵荒馬亂

bing1'huang1'ma3'luan4

拾荒

shi2'huang1

破天荒

po4'tian1'huang1

荒原

huang1'yuan2

wasteland; barren plain

荒地

huang1'di4

wasteland; uncultivated land

備荒

bei4'huang1

北大荒

bei3'da4'huang1

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