荒凉 (huāng liáng) — desolate, bleak, wild (of a place)

Definition

Examples

• 这片沙漠非常荒凉，几乎没有人烟。
  Zhè piàn shā mò fēi cháng huāng liáng, jī hū méi yǒu rén yān.
  This desert is very desolate, with almost no sign of human life.
• 他独自走在荒凉的山路上。
  Tā dú zì zǒu zài huāng liáng de shān lù shang.
  He walked alone on the bleak mountain path.
• 战争过后，整个城市变得一片荒凉。
  Zhàn zhēng guò hòu, zhěng gè chéng shì biàn de yí piàn huāng liáng.
  After the war, the whole city became a desolate scene.