荒诞

荒誕

huāngdàn

adjective HSK 7-9 #15,450

Meanings

1 absurd
2 preposterous
3 fantastic

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

他说的话听起来很荒诞。

Tā shuō dehuà tīngqǐlái hěn huāngdàn.

What he said sounds preposterous.

HSK 5

这个故事的情节非常荒诞。

Zhège gùshi de qíngjié fēicháng huāngdàn.

The plot of this story is extremely absurd.

Tips

usage

荒诞 is often used in literary criticism: 荒诞剧 (theater of the absurd), 荒诞文学 (absurdist literature). Compare: 荒谬 emphasizes logical absurdity, while 荒诞 emphasizes bizarre unreality.

Stroke Order

荒 huāng

诞 dàn