huāng

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 荒

荒唐
huāng táng

beyond belief

荒凉
huāng liáng

desolate

荒诞
huāng dàn

beyond belief

荒谬
huāng miù

absurd

备荒
bèi huāng

to prepare against natural disasters

凶荒
xiōng huāng

(literary) famine

剧荒
jù huāng

(neologism c. 2016) no tv shows to watch

包荒
bāo huāng

to be tolerant

北大荒
běi dà huāng

the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)

丧荒
sāng huāng

funerals and famines

地老天荒
dì lǎo tiān huāng

see 天荒地老[tiān huāng dì lǎo]

垦荒
kěn huāng

to open up land (for agriculture)

天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo

until the end of time (idiom)

戈壁荒滩
gē bì huāng tān

barren sands of the Gobi desert

抛荒
pāo huāng

to lie idle (of arable land)

拓荒
tuò huāng

to open up land (for agriculture)

拓荒者
tuò huāng zhě

pioneer

拾荒
shí huāng

to glean

业荒于嬉
yè huāng yú xī

to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)

灾荒
zāi huāng

natural disaster

熟荒
shú huāng

abandoned land

烧荒
shāo huāng

to clear waste land or forest by burning

破天荒
pò tiān huāng

unprecedented

粮荒
liáng huāng

famine

色荒
sè huāng

wallowing in lust

荒僻
huāng pì

desolate

荒原
huāng yuán

wasteland

荒唐无稽
huāng táng wú jī

preposterous

荒地
huāng dì

wasteland

荒寒
huāng hán

frozen wastes

荒山
huāng shān

desert mountain

荒山野岭
huāng shān yě lǐng

wild, mountainous country

荒岛
huāng dǎo

barren or uninhabited island

荒年
huāng nián

year of famine

荒废
huāng fèi

to abandon (cultivated fields)

荒怪不经
huāng guài bù jīng

absurd

荒旱
huāng hàn

drought and famine

荒村
huāng cūn

an abandoned village

荒弃
huāng qì

to abandon

荒淫
huāng yín

licentious

荒淫无耻
huāng yín wú chǐ

shameless

荒漠
huāng mò

desert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland

荒漠伯劳
huāng mò bó láo

(bird species of China) isabelline shrike (Lanius isabellinus)

荒漠化
huāng mò huà

desertification

荒无人烟
huāng wú rén yān

desolate and uninhabited (idiom)

荒烟蔓草
huāng yān màn cǎo

lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds

荒疏
huāng shū

to be out of practice

荒瘠
huāng jí

desolate and poor

荒草
huāng cǎo

weeds

荒芜
huāng wú

left to return to unchecked growth

荒诞不经
huāng dàn bù jīng

absurd

荒诞无稽
huāng dàn wú jī

ridiculous

荒谬无稽
huāng miù wú jī

completely ridiculous and unfounded

荒谬绝伦
huāng miù jué lún

absolutely ridiculous (idiom); preposterous

荒遐
huāng xiá

remote region

荒郊
huāng jiāo

desolate area outside a town

荒野
huāng yě

wilderness

落荒而逃
luò huāng ér táo

to flee in defeat

蛮荒
mán huāng

savage

逃荒
táo huāng

to escape from a famine

遐荒
xiá huāng

out-of-the-way places

开荒
kāi huāng

to open up land (for agriculture)

电荒
diàn huāng

shortage of electricity

饥荒
jī huāng

crop failure

碱荒
jiǎn huāng

saline waste land