荒
凉

Desolate in Chinese: 荒凉 (huāng liáng)

huāng liáng

desolate

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 荒涼1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1desolate

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荒
凉

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄤ

huāng

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄌㄧㄤˊ

liáng

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

荒凉

Simplified

荒涼

Traditional

Example sentences

See 荒凉 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这个海岛非常荒凉。

    zhè ge hǎi dǎo fēi cháng huāng liáng。

    This island is very desolate.

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Related words

凉

liáng

cool

荒

huāng

desolate

凉快

liáng kuai

nice and cold

着凉

zháo liáng

to catch cold

凉水

liáng shuǐ

cool water

凉鞋

liáng xié

sandal

荒诞

huāng dàn

beyond belief

荒谬

huāng miù

absurd

凉爽

liáng shuǎng

cool and refreshing

凄凉

qī liáng

mournful

清凉

qīng liáng

cool

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