粵

荒fong1蕪mou4

simp荒芜
fong1 mou4huāng wú

English

  1. left to return to unchecked growth
  2. (adjective) (of land) 1. Barren; 2. Desolate
  3. overgrown
  4. grown wild
  5. abandoned; desolate; literally: abandoned and overgrown with weeds

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容地方被廢棄,人跡稀少

Examples

  • 夜晚去行路,並行緊一條我哋唔識嘅路,喺一個幾乎荒蕪嘅國家,啲犯罪分子一般少過旅行者,呢個唔會令人有啲擔心。

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  • 呢度好荒蕪,人影都冇個。

    This place is so desolate that we cannot even see a single person.

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

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