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Definition(s) for: 荒废

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
荒废 huāng fèi - to abandon (cultivated fields)
- no longer cultivated
- to lie waste
- wasted
- to neglect (one's work or study)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 16,159 23,135 13,311

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
荒 huāng- desolate
- shortage
- scarce
- out of practice
- absurd
- uncultivated
- to neglect
废 fèi- to abolish
- to abandon
- to abrogate
- to discard
- to depose
- to oust
- crippled
- abandoned
- waste
废 fèi- variant of 廢|废[fei4]
- disabled

Other Words Containing 荒废

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
荒废 - - 16,159 23,135 13,311