Next to China, Switzerland is an abandoned village.
荒废
to abandon (cultivated fields)
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Meaning and common use
to abandon (cultivated fields)
no longer cultivated
to lie waste
wasted
to neglect (one's work or study)
How 荒废 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 荒废 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
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No published English translation for this sentence.
Words that keep company with 荒废.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 荒废.
Directly before
- 一个荒废1
- 我荒废1
- 不能荒废1
Directly after
- 荒废的2
- 荒废过去1
- 荒废学业1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 荒废
What does 荒废 mean in Chinese?
荒废 (huāngfèi) means to abandon (cultivated fields).
How do you pronounce 荒废?
荒废 is pronounced huāngfèi.
Is 荒废 an HSK word?
荒废 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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