荒
诞

Beyond belief in Chinese: 荒诞 (huāng dàn)

huāng dàn

beyond belief

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

Definitions

  1. 1beyond belief
  2. 2incredible
  3. 3preposterous
  4. 4fantastic

Stroke order

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荒
诞

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄤ

huāng

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄉㄢˋ

dàn

ㄉ/ dㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

荒诞

Simplified

荒誕

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 他讲的故事十分荒诞。

    tā jiǎng de gù shì shí fēn huāng dàn。

    The story he told was utterly absurd.

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Related words

荒

huāng

desolate

诞生

dàn shēng

to be born

诞辰

dàn chén

birthday

荒凉

huāng liáng

desolate

荒谬

huāng miù

absurd

圣诞节

shèng dàn jié

Christmas time

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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