(huāng) - Waste rock & barren land

Tone 1

huāng | 12 strokes | radical:

· 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

Synonyms

Antonyms

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.

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