粵

荒fong1廢fai3

simp荒废
fong1 fai3huāng fèi

English

  1. to abandon (cultivated fields)
  2. no longer cultivated
  3. to lie waste
  4. wasted
  5. to neglect (one's work or study)
  6. to abandon; to neglect

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 放棄;置之不理

Examples

  • 嗰邊條隧道荒廢咗好耐,又黑又霉,無乜人敢入去㗎嘞。

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 湖邊嘅明月映照嘅夜晚,森林深處嘅一個湖畔,隔籬有座荒廢咗嘅小聖堂。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 在中国的旁边,瑞士像一个荒废的乡村似的。

    Next to China, Switzerland is an abandoned village.

    Tatoeba · FeuDRenais CC BY

  • 荒廢學業

    to neglect one's studies

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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