| huāng | out of practice/uncultivated |
| 荒 | desolate shortage scarce |
| 荒丘 | barren hillock |
| 荒乱 | in great disorder; turmoil |
| 荒俭 | crop failure; famine |
| 荒僻 | desolate deserted out-of-the-way |
| 荒冢 | an abandoned grave |
| 荒凉 | desolate |
| 荒凉寥落 | a lonely and pathetic sight |
| 荒原 | wasteland |
| 荒古 | remote antiquity |
| 荒唐 | beyond belief preposterous absurd |
| 荒唐可笑 | ludicrous; ridiculous; absurd |
| 荒唐无稽 | preposterous |
| 荒地 | wasteland uncultivated land |
| 荒坡 | barren hill |
| 荒寂 | desolate and still; bleak and quiet |
| 荒寒 | desolate and cold frozen wastes |
| 荒山 | fell; mountain waste |
| 荒山秃岭 | bare hills and mountains |
| 荒山野岭 | wild, mountainous country |