huāng

HSK 7–9

荒 (huāng) is a Chinese word meaning “desolate; shortage; scarce”.

Meanings

  1. 1desolate
  2. 2shortage
  3. 3scarce
  4. 4out of practice
  5. 5absurd
  6. 6uncultivated
  7. 7to neglect
Part of speech
verb

Related words

荒谬absurd; ridiculous荒唐beyond belief荒野wilderness饥荒crop failure荒诞beyond belief荒废to abandon (cultivated fields)荒地wasteland荒凉desolate荒岛barren or uninhabited island荒芜left to return to unchecked growth荒漠desert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland荒郊desolate area outside a town

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