荒僻 (huāng pì) — desolate and remote; wild and isolated

Definition

荒僻 describes a place that is both wild/uninhabited AND far from towns — a desolate, out-of-the-way location. More extreme than 偏僻, which only stresses remoteness.

adjective
desolate and remotewild and isolated

Examples

  • 荒僻,。
    Zhè ge dì fāng hěn huāng pì, hěn shǎo yǒu rén lái.
    This place is desolate and remote; very few people come.
  • 荒僻。
    Nà tiáo huāng pì de xiǎo lù tōng xiàng yí zuò lǎo fáng zi.
    That desolate and remote path leads to an old house.
  • 荒僻。
    Tā chū shēng zài yí gè huāng pì de shān cūn lǐ.
    He was born in a desolate and remote mountain village.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

荒huāngdesolate
僻pìremote

荒 and 僻 give two sides of the same isolated, uncrowded quality.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss, plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
巟
巟huāng荒huāng
Same sound today

荒 is built from 艹 (grass, plant) and 巟, with 巟 giving the sound huāng.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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