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荒唐 meaning in English

huāngtáng

beyond belief; preposterous

19 strokes

Meaning of 荒唐

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huāngtáng
  1. beyond belief
  2. preposterous
  3. absurd
  4. intemperate
  5. dissipated

荒唐 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ就jiù是shì荒huāng唐táng。
You're just being ridiculous.
永yǒng动dòng机jī这zhè个ge概gài念niàn是shì个gè荒huāng唐táng的de假jiǎ说shuō。
The idea of perpetual motion is an absurd hypothesis.
您nín这zhè么me做zuò很hěn荒huāng唐táng。
It's absurd of you to do that.
多duō么me荒huāng唐táng的de故gù事shì！
What a bizarre tale!
这zhè一yī切qiè在zài我wǒ看kàn来lái都dōu颇pǒ为wèi荒huāng唐táng。
I think that this is all quite absurd.

Stroke order for each character

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荒 huāng · desolate · 9 strokes

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唐 táng · the Tang dynasty · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 荒唐.

荒谬huāngmiùabsurd; ridiculous
荒凉huāngliángdesolate
荒诞huāngdànbeyond belief; incredible
荒野huāngyěwilderness
饥荒jīhuāngcrop failure; famine
荒废huāngfèito abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated
荒芜huāngwúleft to return to unchecked growth; overgrown
荒漠huāngmòdesert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland; vast and desolate
荒地huāngdìwasteland; uncultivated land
荒岛huāngdǎobarren or uninhabited island
唐突tángtūto be rude; to treat irreverently
荒原huāngyuánwasteland

Questions about 荒唐

What does 荒唐 mean?

荒唐 (huāngtáng) means "beyond belief; preposterous".

How do you write 荒唐?

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