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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-liông / hong-liâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāngliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • 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

1. bleak; desolate

Synonyms

• 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))

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

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