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huāng

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huāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huāng | huang1
English translation
desolate
shortage
scarce
out of practice
absurd
uncultivated
to neglect
wasteland, desert; uncultivated

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About huāng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

huāng

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of huāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

芒川

Semantic compound

máng

Phonetic compound

Chuān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. máng represents the meaning and Chuān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using huāng

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zhēn 荒唐 huāngtáng ― ― xiàng 这么 zhè me de 男孩 nán hái Huán 这样 zhè yàng 东荡西 guàng .

You don't add up -- a boy of your age roaming round like this.

荒草 huāng cǎo qún shì Dōng 准噶尔 Zhǔn gá ěr 地区 dìqū zuì 古老 gǔ lǎo de 地层 dì céng ,时代 Shídài 归属 guī shǔ 问题 wèntí 一直 yīzhí 悬而未决 xuán ér wèi jué .

Huangcaopo group is the oldest strata in the Eastern Junggar orogenic belt.

lǎo 园丁 yuán dīng Hòu , 花园 huā yuán jiù 慢慢 màn màn 荒芜 huāng wú le .

After the old gardener died, the garden grew wild.

zhè zuò 花园 huā yuán jiǔ 荒芜 huāng wú , cháng Mǎn le 杂草 zá cǎo .

The garden was neglected so long that it was choked up with weeds.

有些 yǒu xiē 男孩子 nán hái zi 常常 cháng cháng 胡闹 hú nào , 举止 jǔ zhǐ 荒唐 huāngtáng .

Some boys are always playing the giddy goat, behaving foolishly.

Words with huāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
荒谬 huāngmiù absurd荒謬
荒唐 huāngtáng beyond belief荒唐 huāngtáng
huāng desolate huāng
荒野 huāng yě wilderness荒野 huāng yě
荒地 huāng dì wasteland荒地 huāng dì
荒凉 huāngliáng desolate荒涼
荒废 huāng fèi wasted荒廢
荒山 huāng shān desert mountain荒山 huāng shān
荒诞 huāng dàn beyond belief荒誕
荒芜 huāng wú overgrown荒蕪
荒漠 huāng mò barren荒漠 huāng mò
饥荒 jī huāng famine饑荒
开荒 kāi huāng to open up land (for agriculture)開荒
破天荒 pò tiān huāng unprecedented破天荒 pò tiān huāng
荒岛 huāng dǎo barren or uninhabited island荒島
荒原 huāng yuán wasteland荒原 huāng yuán
蛮荒 mán huāng savage蠻荒
荒漠化 huāng mò huà desertification荒漠化 huāng mò huà
荒郊 huāng jiāo desolate area outside a town荒郊 huāng jiāo
天荒地老 tiān huāng dì lǎo until the end of time (idiom)天荒地老 tiān huāng dì lǎo
落荒而逃 luò huāng ér táo to bolt落荒而逃 luò huāng ér táo
拾荒 shí huāng to glean拾荒 shí huāng
地老天荒 dì lǎo tiān huāng until the end of time (idiom)地老天荒 dì lǎo tiān huāng
荒无人烟 huāng wú rén yān desolate and uninhabited (idiom)荒無人煙
拓荒者 tuò huāng zhě pioneer拓荒者 tuò huāng zhě

huāng Decomposition & Compounds

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huāng Decomposition

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huāng Compounds

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