塃 (huāng) - Waste rock & barren land
塃 · huāng
Waste rock;
barren land;
uncultivated or unproductive soil;
refers to land unsuitable for agriculture or mining waste material.
Waste rockbarren landuncultivated or unproductive soil
Usage highlights
waste rockbarren landpoor soilmining wastestone quarry wasteuseless land
Usage & contexts
Examples
- The area is mostly barren land (塃地).
- They cleared the waste rock (清理塃石).
- This soil is too poor for farming (塃土).
- Mining operations produce a lot of waste material (矿塃).
Collocations
- waste rock(塃石)
- barren land(塃地)
- poor soil(塃土)
- mining waste(矿塃)
- stone quarry waste(石塃)
- useless land(废塃)
Idioms
- No specific idioms found for this character
Cultural background
FAQ- Primarily used in mining and agricultural contexts to describe unproductive land or waste material.
- Reflects practical concerns in traditional agriculture and resource extraction.
- Often appears in regional dialects rather than standard literary Chinese.