荒野

Chinese

		out of practice; uncultivated	field; plain; open space field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; wild
trad. (荒野)		荒	野
simp. #(荒野)		荒	野

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huāngyě

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄤ ㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ je⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hong-iá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang¹ ia²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huāngyě
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤ ㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huangyě
    • Wade–Giles: huang¹-yeh³
    • Yale: hwāng-yě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huangyee
    • Palladius: хуанъе (xuanʺje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ je⁵
    • Yale: fōng yéh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ je⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ yé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɛː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-iá
    • Tâi-lô: hong-iá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hong'iar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ia⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ ia⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ia⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ia⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ia⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang¹ ia²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang iá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ ia⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: xwang|xwangH yaeX

Rime
Character	荒	荒	野
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)	唐 (102)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	呼光切	呼浪切	羊者切
Baxter	xwang	xwangH	yaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwɑŋ/	/hwɑŋH/	/jiaX/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑŋ/	/hʷɑŋH/	/jiaX/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑŋ/	/xuɑŋH/	/iaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwaŋ/	/hwaŋH/	/jiaX/
Li Rong	/xuɑŋ/	/xuɑŋH/	/iaX/
Wang Li	/xuɑŋ/	/xuɑŋH/	/jĭaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xwɑŋ/	/xwɑŋH/	/i̯aX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huāng	huàng	yě
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1	fong3	je5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m̥ˤaŋ  lAʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmaːŋ|hmaːŋs  laːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	荒	野
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huāng	yě
Middle Chinese	‹ xwang ›	‹ yæX ›
Old Chinese	/*m̥ˁaŋ/	/*lAʔ/
English	wasteland; uncultivated land	open country
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荒	荒	野
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/2
No.	12649	12659	15722
Phonetic component	亡	亡	予
Rime group	陽	陽	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	荒	荒	野
Old Chinese	/*hmaːŋ/	/*hmaːŋs/	/*laːʔ/

Noun

荒野

1. wilderness

   • 既乃遯於荒野，入宅於河。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     既乃遁于荒野，入宅于河。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Jì nǎi dùn yú huāngyě, rù zhái yú hé. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 原野 (yuányě)
• 曠野／旷野 (kuàngyě)
• 田野 (tiányě)
• 荒原 (huāngyuán)
• 荒漠 (huāngmò)
• 野田 (yětián) (literary)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (荒野):

• → Japanese: 荒(こう)野(や) (kōya)
• → Korean: 황야(荒野) (hwang'ya)
• → Vietnamese: hoang dã (荒野)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
荒	野
こう Grade: S	や Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーや [kóꜜòyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːja̠]

Noun

荒(こう)野(や) • (kōya) ^{←くわうや (kwauya)?}

1. wilderness, wasteland

Synonyms

• 広(こう)野(や) (kōya) / 曠(こう)野(や) (kōya)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
荒	野
あら Grade: S	の Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あらの [àránó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾa̠no̞]

Noun

荒(あら)野(の) • (arano) 

1. (archaic) uncultivated land, wasteland

Synonyms

• 広(こう)野(や) (kōya) / 曠(こう)野(や) (kōya)

Related terms

• 荒(あ)れ野(の) (areno)

Korean

Hanja in this term
荒	野

Noun

荒野 • (hwang'ya) (hangeul 황야)

1. Hanja form^? of 황야 (“wilderness”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
荒	野

Noun

荒野

1. chữ Hán form of hoang dã (“deserted place; wilderness”).

Adjective

荒野

1. chữ Hán form of hoang dã (“wild; feral”).