荒郊

huāngjiāo

noun #21,911

Meanings

1 desolate outskirts
2 wild countryside outside a town
3 wilderness

Characters

desolate/barren/wild

outskirts/suburb/countryside

Examples

他们迷路在荒郊野外。

Tāmen mílù zài huāngjiāo yěwài.

They got lost in the desolate wilderness.

车坏在荒郊，附近没有人烟。

Chē huài zài huāngjiāo, fùjìn méiyǒu rényān.

The car broke down in the middle of nowhere — not a soul in sight.

Tips

usage

荒郊 is almost always paired with 野外 (wilderness) in the set phrase 荒郊野外, meaning 'out in the middle of nowhere'. Using 荒郊 alone is less common.

Stroke Order

荒 huāng

郊 jiāo