荒 (fong1) — desolate; barren; waste in Cantonese

fongˉ¹荒

Mandarin Pinyin: huang1

Meaning of 荒

noundesolate; barren; waste

noundissolute; self-indulgent

nounfamine; crop failure

nounabsurd; unreasonable; incredible

nounshortage; scarcity; deficiency

nounneglect; be out of practice

Example Sentences with 荒

faai˗₃塊fongˉ¹荒deiˍ₆地laanˍ₆爛

This piece of wasteland is ruined.

fongˉ¹荒deiˍ₆地bin˗₃變faaˉ¹花jyunˎ₄園

The wasteland became a garden.

fongˉ¹荒deiˍ₆地heiˊ²起lauˎ₄樓

Building houses on wasteland.

houˊ²好doˉ¹多fongˉ¹荒deiˍ₆地

There's a lot of wasteland.

fongˉ¹荒deiˍ₆地zung˗₃種syuˍ₆樹

Planting trees in the wasteland.

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Words Containing 荒

兵荒馬亂bing1 fong1 maa5 lyun6

turmoil and chaos of war

災荒zoi1 fong1

famine (due to crop failure)

荒野fong1 je5

wilderness

荒涼fong1 loeng4

bleak and desolate; wild

describes a pioneer in a new field (lit., "an ox opens the wasteland")

饑荒gei1 fong1

famine; crop failure

荒唐fong1 tong4

absurd; ludicrous; ridiculous

天荒地老tin1 fong1 dei6 lou5

until the end of time

拾荒sap6 fong1

scavenge:

荒蕪fong1 mou4

lie waste; wild; out of cultivation; overgrown with weeds

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