墾荒

Chinese

		reclaim (land)	out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (墾荒)		墾	荒
simp. (垦荒)		垦	荒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěnhuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): han² fong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khún-hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěnhuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěnhuang
    • Wade–Giles: kʻên³-huang¹
    • Yale: kěn-hwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keenhuang
    • Palladius: кэньхуан (kɛnʹxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: han² fong¹
    • Yale: hán fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: han² fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hen² fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐn³⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khún-hong
    • Tâi-lô: khún-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qwnhofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

墾荒

1. (agriculture) to reclaim wasteland; to bring wasteland under cultivation; to open up virgin soil

Synonyms

• 開荒／开荒 (kāihuāng)
• 拓荒 (tuòhuāng)