荒山

huāngshān

noun #54,322

Measure Word

一座荒山 zuò

Meanings

1 barren mountain
2 desolate hill
3 wasteland mountain

Characters

Examples

他们在荒山上种了一万棵树。

Tāmen zài huāngshān shàng zhòng le yī wàn kē shù.

They planted ten thousand trees on the barren mountain.

村子背后是一片连绵的荒山。

Cūnzi bèihòu shì yī piàn liánmián de huāngshān.

Behind the village stretches a range of barren hills.

Tips

memory

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

Stroke Order

荒 huāng

山 shān