Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Desolate; Wild; Uninhabited: Describes a place, especially a large area of land, that is empty, uncultivated, and shows no signs of human presence or activity. It emphasizes a natural state of abandonment and often implies a sense of remote, untamed wilderness.
   • Barren; Desert-like: Can describe land that is stark, unproductive, and lacking in vegetation or life, similar to a desert.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Họ lạc vào một vùng đất hoang vu. (They got lost in a desolate land.)
  • Chúng tôi đi qua những cánh đồng hoang vu không một bóng người. (We passed through wild fields without a single person in sight.)
  • Cảnh quan hoang vu của hành tinh đó được mô tả trong phim. (The desolate landscape of that planet was depicted in the film.)

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe something that feels emotionally empty, abandoned, or uncultivated.
  • Sau cuộc chia tay, tâm hồn cô ấy cảm thấy hoang vu. (After the breakup, her soul felt desolate.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hoang dã (adj): Focuses more on "wild" in the sense of untamed, natural, and undomesticated (e.g., wild animals, wilderness).
• Hoang tàn (adj): Emphasizes a state of being ruined, dilapidated, and desolate, often as a result of destruction or decay.
• Hoang phế (adj): Describes something (like a building or place) that is abandoned and falling into ruin.

Synonyms

• Desolate: Empty and bleak.
• Uninhabited: Having no inhabitants.
• Wild: In a natural state; not cultivated.
• Barren: Too poor to produce much or any vegetation.

Related Concepts

• Thiên nhiên hoang vu: Untamed nature / wilderness.
• Sự hoang vu: The state or quality of being desolate (noun form).

adj

1. wild; desert; desolate