| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 北大荒 | běi dà huāng | the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China) | |
| 備荒 | 备荒 | bèi huāng | prepare against natural disasters |
| 兵荒馬亂 | 兵荒马乱 | bīng huāng mǎ luàn | turmoil and chaos of war |
| 荒 | huāng | out of practice; uncultivated | |
| 荒誕 | 荒诞 | huāng dàn | (adj) beyond belief; preposterous |
| 荒地 | huāng dì | (n) wasteland | |
| 荒涼 | 荒凉 | huāng liáng | desolate |
| 荒謬 | 荒谬 | huāng miù | ridiculous |
| 荒漠 | huāng mò | (n) barren | |
| 荒漠袋鼠屬 | 荒漠袋鼠属 | Huāng mò dài shǔ shǔ | Desert rat-kangaroo |
| 荒唐 | huāng táng | (adj) beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated | |
| 荒蕪 | 荒芜 | huāng wú | barren; uncultivated; waste(land) |
| 荒無人煙 | 荒无人烟 | huāng wú rén yān | desolate and uninhabited |
| 荒野 | huāng yě | wilderness | |
| 饑荒 | 饥荒 | jī huang | famine |
| 逃荒 | táo huāng | (v) run away from a famine | |
| 災荒 | 灾荒 | zāi huāng | (n) natural disaster; famine |
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