拋荒

Chinese

		to throw; to toss; to fling to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon	out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (拋荒)		拋	荒
simp. (抛荒)		抛	荒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāohuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠ ㄏㄨㄤ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pha-hng / phoa-huiⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāohuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠ ㄏㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: paohuang
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao¹-huang¹
    • Yale: pāu-hwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pauhuang
    • Palladius: паохуан (paoxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pha-hng
    • Tâi-lô: pha-hng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pha'hngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰa³³ hŋ̍³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰa⁴⁴⁻²² hŋ̍⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoa-huiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: phua-huinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoa'hvuy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰua⁴⁴⁻²² huĩ⁴⁴/

Verb

拋荒

1. to leave (land) uncultivated; to abandon (a field)
2. to become wasted; to fall into disuse
3. to waste; to neglect

Synonyms

• (to leave uncultivated): 荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi), 曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi)
• (to become wasted): 荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi), 曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi)
• (to waste):

• 加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
• 干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
• 抖落 (dǒuluò)
• 折騰／折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
• 揮霍／挥霍 (huīhuò)
• 曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi)
• 枉費／枉费 (wǎngfèi)
• 浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
• 無彩／无彩 (Hokkien)
• 白了 (Hokkien)
• 白白了 (Hokkien)
• 白費／白费 (báifèi)
• 空費／空费 (kōngfèi)
• 糟蹋 (zāotà)
• 耽誤／耽误 (chiefly time)
• 荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi)
• 虛耗／虚耗 (xūhào)
• 靡費／靡费 (mífèi) (formal)