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  fong1   jyutping
  huang1   pinyin
[1] shortage; scarcity; deficiency
[2] desolate; barren; waste
[3] neglect; be out of practice
[4] famine; crop failure
[5] absurd; unreasonable; incredible
[6] dissolute; self-indulgent


nounAdditional PoS: adjectiveverb
Stroke count: 10
Level: 3
Radical: (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 6431 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Nov 2017 01:25

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detail  fong1 so1  huang1 shu1 = to be out of practice; rusty
detail  fong1 loeng4  huang1 liang2 = bleak; desolate
detail  zoi1 fong1  zai1 huang1 = famine (due to crop failure)
detail  tou4 fong1  tao2 huang1 = to flee famine
detail  po3 tin1 fong1  po4 tian1 huang1 = never before; for the first time; ground-breaking
detail  bing1 fong1 maa5 lyun6  bing1 huang1 ma3 luan4 = turmoil and chaos of war
detail  hoi1 fong1 ngau4  kai1 huang1 niu2 = describes a pioneer in a new field (lit., "an ox opens the wasteland")
detail  fong1 mau6  huang1 miu4 = irrational; absurd; foolish; ridiculous
detail  fong1 mou4  huang1 wu2 = lie waste
detail  fong1 dei6  huang1 di4 = wasteland; uncultivated land
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