荒殘
Chinese
| out of practice; uncultivated | destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (荒殘) | 荒 | 殘 | |
| simp. (荒残) | 荒 | 残 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: huāngcán
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄤ ㄘㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huangcán
- Wade–Giles: huang1-tsʻan2
- Yale: hwāng-tsán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huangtsarn
- Palladius: хуанцань (xuancanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: xwang dzan
Adjective
荒殘
- (literary) in ruins, devastated
- 諸荒殘寄治郡縣，民戶寡少，可并合之。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Book of Southern Qi, by Xiao Zixian, 6th century CE
- Zhū huāngcán jìzhì jùnxiàn, mínhù guǎshào, kě bìnghé zhī. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
诸荒残寄治郡县，民户寡少，可并合之。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]- 然今江南六州之土，尚又荒殘，方之平日，數十分之一耳。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin
- Rán jīn Jiāngnán liù zhōu zhī tǔ, shàng yòu huāngcán, fāng zhī píngrì, shù shí fēn zhī yī ěr. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
然今江南六州之土，尚又荒残，方之平日，数十分之一耳。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
Descendants
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 荒 | 殘 |
Adjective
荒殘
- chữ Hán form of hoang tàn (“in ruins, devastated”)