荒

• 拼音: huāng
• 汉字拆解: 荒 = 艹 + 巟 (grass radical on top + flowing wilderness beneath, land gone to ruin)

含义

To lie waste; to fall into neglect; to be uncultivated or abandoned. Also: wilderness, barrenness, famine.

A literary morpheme with both verb and noun or adjective functions. As a verb, means to neglect or let lie fallow (荒废). As a noun or adjective, means wilderness, desolation, or famine (饥荒). Frequently appears in compounds: 荒废, 荒凉, 荒漠, 饥荒, 开荒.

例句

1. 长期无人耕种，这片土地早已荒芜一片，野草丛生。
2. 战乱期间粮食短缺，各地相继出现严重的饥荒，百姓生活极为困苦。
3. 他因沉迷游戏而荒废了学业，等到意识到问题的严重性时，已悔之晚矣。

用法指南

语境: literature, history, agriculture, formal writing

语气: serious

正确说法

• 这片古战场历经数百年风雨侵蚀，如今已是一片荒芜，昔日的烽火硝烟早已烟消云散。(This ancient battlefield, eroded by centuries of wind and rain, has now fallen to complete desolation; the smoke of past battles has long since dissipated.)
• 若不及时补救，基础技能一旦荒废便难以恢复，对个人的职业发展影响深远。(If not remedied promptly, once foundational skills fall into neglect they are difficult to recover — with far-reaching consequences for one's professional development.)

错误说法

• 荒 alone in conversational speech to mean 'wasteland' — use 荒地 or 荒野 for clarity; bare 荒 is more literary and works best in compound forms

起源与历史

荒 = 艹 + 巟 (grass + flooded wilderness, suggesting land overgrown and abandoned)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal