# 荒诞 (huāngdàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 荒诞 (huāngdàn) means “absurd; preposterous; bizarre”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: absurd; preposterous; bizarre
- Pinyin: huāngdàn (huang1 dan4)
- Traditional: 荒誕
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这个故事听起来非常荒诞。
  Zhège gùshi tīng qǐlái fēicháng huāngdàn.
  This story sounds completely absurd.

## Characters

- [荒](https://hanziro.com/word/huang-barren/) (huāng): barren; deserted
- 诞 (dàn): birth; birthday

https://hanziro.com/word/huang-dan-absurd/

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