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): ㄏㄨㄤㄌㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ loeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-liông / hong-liâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huāngliáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤㄌㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huangliáng
  - Wade–Giles: huang¹-liang²
  - Yale: hwāng-lyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huangliang
  - Palladius: хуанлян (xuanljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong¹ loeng⁴
  - Yale: fōng lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ lœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (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

bleak; desolate

Synonyms

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冷僻 (lěngpì)
冷清 (lěngqīng)
冷淡 (lěngdàn)
冷落 (lěngluò)
清冷 (qīnglěng)
淒涼 / 凄凉 (qīliáng)
落寞 (luòmò)
蒼涼 / 苍凉 (cāngliáng)
蕭條 / 萧条 (xiāotiáo)
青凊 (Min Nan)

Japanese

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

Adjective

荒(こう)涼(りょう) • (kōryō) ^†-tari (adnominal 荒(こう)涼(りょう)とした (kōryō to shita) or 荒(こう)涼(りょう)たる (kōryō taru), adverbial 荒(こう)涼(りょう)と (kōryō to) or 荒(こう)涼(りょう)として (kōryō to shite))

desolate, bleak
- 1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者:
  ただ自分一人(じぶんひとり)が荒涼(こうりょう)とした夜(よる)の時間(じかん)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

Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN