荒凉 meaning in English

huāngliáng

desolate

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 荒涼19 strokes

Meaning of 荒凉

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huāngliáng
  1. desolate

Stroke order for each character

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荒 huāng · desolate · 9 strokes

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凉 liáng · cool · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 荒凉.

凉快liángkuaipleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off
凉水liángshuǐcool water; unboiled water
凉鞋liángxiésandal
荒谬huāngmiùabsurd; ridiculous
凉爽liángshuǎngcool and refreshing
荒诞huāngdànbeyond belief; incredible
凄凉qīliángmournful; miserable
清凉qīngliángcool; refreshing
荒唐huāngtángbeyond belief; preposterous
荒野huāngyěwilderness
饥荒jīhuāngcrop failure; famine
着凉zháoliángto catch cold; Taiwan pr. [zhao1 liang2]

Questions about 荒凉

What does 荒凉 mean?

荒凉 (huāngliáng) means "desolate" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 荒凉?

荒凉 is made of 2 characters: 荒 (9 strokes), 凉 (10 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 荒凉 an HSK word?

Yes. 荒凉 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 荒凉 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 荒凉 is written 荒涼.