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.

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