荒涼

荒涼

See also: 荒凉

Chinese

		out of practice; uncultivated	cool; cold
trad. (荒涼)		荒	涼
simp. (荒凉)		荒	凉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāngliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ loeng⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): hong-liông / hong-liâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huāngliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huangliang
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ loeng⁴
    • Yale: fōng lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ lêng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ lœ̽ːŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-liông
    • Tâi-lô: hong-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: honglioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-liâng
    • Tâi-lô: hong-liâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hongliaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liaŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liaŋ²⁴/

Adjective

荒涼

1. bleak; desolate

Synonyms

• 荒蕪／荒芜 (huāngwú)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
荒	涼
こう Grade: S	りょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Adjective

荒涼 (-tari inflection, hiragana こうりょう, rōmaji kōryō)

1. desolate, bleak
   • 1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者:

     ただ自分一人 (じぶんひとり)が荒 (こう)涼 (りょう)とした夜 (よる)の時 (じ)間 (かん)のなかへ取 (と)り残 (のこ)される

     tada jibun hitori ga kōryō to shita yoru no jikan no naka e torinokosareru

     oneself being the only one left alone in the desolate hours of night

References

• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN