墾荒

Chinese

		reclaim (land)	out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (墾荒)		墾	荒
simp. (垦荒)		垦	荒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kěnhuāng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): han² fong¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khún-hong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kěnhuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kěnhuang
  - Wade–Giles: kʻên³-huang¹
  - Yale: kěn-hwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keenhuang
  - Palladius: кэньхуан (kɛnʹxuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: han² fong¹
  - Yale: hán fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: han² fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hen² fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐn³⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khún-hong
  - Tâi-lô: khún-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qwnhofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

墾荒

(agriculture) to reclaim wasteland; to bring wasteland under cultivation; to open up virgin soil

Synonyms

開荒／开荒 (kāihuāng)
拓荒 (tuòhuāng)

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