荒山

huāngshān

noun #54,322

Measure Word

一座荒山 zuò

HSK 4

他们在荒山上种了一万棵树。

Tāmen zài huāngshān shàng zhòng le yīwàn kē shù.

They planted ten thousand trees on the barren mountain.

HSK 7-9

村子背后是一片连绵的荒山。

Cūnzi bèihòu shì yīpiàn liánmián de huāngshān.

Behind the village stretches a range of barren hills.

memory

荒 (huāng, 'wild / desolate') + 山 (mountain) = 'desolate mountain'. The same 荒 anchors 荒野 (wilderness), 荒地 (wasteland), and 荒漠 (desert).

荒 huāng

山 shān