蛮荒

蠻荒

mánhuāng

adjective #24,789

Meanings

1 savage and wild
2 uncivilized
3 wilderness
4 barbaric and desolate

Characters

savage, barbarian, brute

wilderness, desolate, barren

Examples

HSK 6

在蛮荒年代，人们依靠狩猎为生。

Zài mánhuāng niándài, rénmen yīkào shòuliè wéishēng.

In the wild early ages, people lived by hunting.

HSK 7-9

探险队深入蛮荒之地。

Tànxiǎnduì shēnrù mánhuāng zhī dì.

The expedition ventured deep into the wilderness.

HSK 7-9

那片蛮荒的土地从未有人定居。

Nà piàn mánhuāng de tǔdì cóngwèi yǒurén dìngjū.

That savage, desolate land was never settled.

Tips

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蛮荒 is literary and somewhat archaic. It suggests a primordial, untamed wilderness beyond the edge of civilization. Often seen in historical fiction and poetic prose.

Stroke Order

蛮 mán

荒 huāng