hoang
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Uncultivated; Wild; Waste: Describing land that is not farmed, built upon, or cared for by people. It is left in a natural, untamed state.
- Deserted; Uninhabited: Referring to a place that is empty, abandoned, and without people.
- Wild; Feral: Describing plants or animals that grow or live in a natural state, not cultivated or domesticated by humans.
- Extravagant; Wasteful: Characterizing a person who spends money or resources in an excessive, careless, or reckless manner.
- Illegitimate; Born out of wedlock: (In older or specific contexts) Referring to a child whose parents were not legally married at the time of birth.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Họ dự định trồng cây trên mảnh đất hoang. (They plan to plant trees on the uncultivated land.)
- Ngôi nhà bỏ hoang trông thật đáng sợ. (The deserted house looks very scary.)
- Những bụi hoa hồng mọc hoang ven đường. (Wild rose bushes grow along the roadside.)
- Anh ta tiêu tiền hoang lắm, chẳng bao giờ để dành được. (He spends money very wastefully, never able to save any.)
- (Contextual, less common today) Câu chuyện kể về một đứa trẻ hoang. (The story is about an illegitimate child.)
Advanced Usage
- "hoang dã": wild, savage, wilderness.
- Chúng tôi yêu thích khám phá thiên nhiên hoang dã. (We love exploring the wild nature.)
- "hoang vu": desolate, barren, wild and deserted.
- Vùng đất hoang vu không có dấu chân người. (The desolate land bore no human footprints.)
- "ăn chơi hoang đàng": to lead a debauched, dissolute life of pleasure and waste.
- Thời thanh xuân, anh ấy đã sống một cuộc đời ăn chơi hoang đàng. (In his youth, he led a life of debauchery.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hoang phí (v/n): to waste, to squander; wastefulness.
- Đừng hoang phí thời gian của bạn. (Don't waste your time.)
- Hoang tàn (adj): ruined, dilapidated, in a state of ruin and desertion.
- Cung điện cổ giờ chỉ còn là phế tích hoang tàn. (The ancient palace is now just a ruined relic.)
- Đi hoang (v phrase): to wander off, to run away from home (often used for children or pets).
- Con mèo nhà tôi đã đi hoang mấy ngày nay. (My house cat has been wandering off for days now.)
Synonyms
- Uncultivated: (for land) barren, fallow.
- Deserted: abandoned, empty, vacant.
- Wild: feral, untamed.
- Wasteful: extravagant, profligate, spendthrift.
Related Idioms
- Chửa hoang: (dated, often pejorative) to be pregnant out of wedlock.
- Gia đình cô ấy bị làng trên xóm dưới dị nghị vì cái tiếng chửa hoang. (Her family was gossiped about by the whole village because of the scandal of her pregnancy out of wedlock.)
- Bỏ hoang: to abandon, to leave something deserted or uncared for.
- Chiếc xe cũ đã bị bỏ hoang trong garage nhiều năm. (The old car has been abandoned in the garage for years.)
adjective
- uncultivated; uninhabited; virgin