# 荒凉 (huāngliáng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 荒凉 (huāngliáng) means “desolate”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: desolate
- Pinyin: huāngliáng (huang1 liang2)
- Traditional: 荒涼
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这里曾经是一片荒凉的沙漠。
  Zhèlǐ céngjīng shì yī piàn huāngliáng de shāmò.
  This place used to be an expanse of desolate desert.

## Characters

- [荒](https://hanziro.com/word/huang-barren/) (huāng): barren; deserted
- [凉](https://hanziro.com/word/liang-cool/) (liáng): cool; cold

https://hanziro.com/word/huang-liang-desolate/

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