荒废 meaning in English
to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated
Traditional 荒廢17 strokes
Meaning of 荒废
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
huāngfèi
- to abandon (cultivated fields)
- no longer cultivated
- to lie waste
- wasted
- to neglect (one's work or study)
荒废 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
在中国的旁边，瑞士像一个荒废的乡村似的。
Next to China, Switzerland is an abandoned village.
Stroke order for each character
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荒 huāng · desolate · 9 strokes
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废 fèi · to abolish · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 荒废.
| 作废 | zuòfèi | to become invalid; to cancel |
| 废话 | fèihuà | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) |
| 荒谬 | huāngmiù | absurd; ridiculous |
| 废物 | fèiwù | rubbish; waste material; useless person |
| 废墟 | fèixū | ruins |
| 废除 | fèichú | to abolish; to abrogate |
| 荒凉 | huāngliáng | desolate |
| 半途而废 | bàntú'érfèi | to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished |
| 颓废 | tuífèi | decadent; dispirited |
| 报废 | bàofèi | to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged) |
| 荒诞 | huāngdàn | beyond belief; incredible |
| 废品 | fèipǐn | production rejects; seconds |
Questions about 荒废
What does 荒废 mean?
荒废 (huāngfèi) means "to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated".
How do you write 荒废?
荒废 is made of 2 characters: 荒 (9 strokes), 废 (8 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
How is 荒废 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 荒废 is written 荒廢.