HSK 6 · Adjectives

荒谬 huāngmiù “absurd” in Chinese

Traditional 荒謬

What 荒谬 means

  1. absurd
  2. ridiculous

How to say 荒谬

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale荒huāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale谬miù4th tone, falling

荒谬 in a sentence

  1. 这是我听过最荒谬的想法。

    Zhè shì wǒ tīngguo zuì huāngmiù de xiǎngfǎ.

    This is the most absurd idea I’ve ever heard.

    Sentence #9955961 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这种尝试很荒谬。

    Zhè zhǒng chángshì hěn huāngmiù.

    Trying something like this is absurd.

    Sentence #335012 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 花光他们所有的钱会很荒谬。

    Huāguāng tāmen suǒyǒu de qián huì hěn huāngmiù.

    It would be absurd to spend all their money.

    Sentence #779066 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 荒谬 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 荒 (huāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
荒huāngdesolate
  • 芒blade · mángMeaning part
  • 川stream · chuānSound part

芒 hints at the meaning (blade); 川 (chuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with huāng.

The character 谬 (miù) with each of its parts in a different colour
谬miùfalse; erroneous; absurd
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 翏the sound of the wind · liùSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 翏 (liù) hints at the sound. Compare it with miù.

How to write 荒谬

荒 9 strokes · 谬 13 strokes

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荒谬 (huāngmiù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 荒谬 (huāngmiù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 荒谬

Words with 荒

荒凉huāngliáng · desolate荒唐huāngtang · absurd

More words: Adjectives

和谐héxié · harmonious宏伟hóngwěi · magnificent华丽huálì · magnificent荒凉huāngliáng · desolate荒唐huāngtang · absurd辉煌huīhuáng · brilliant混乱hùnluàn · chaos混浊hùnzhuó · murky

FAQs

荒谬 (huāngmiù) means “absurd” or “ridiculous”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huāngmiù: huāng with a 1st tone, then miù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 荒谬 is written 荒謬. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huangmiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 荒谬 from the suggestions. Typing huangmiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
荒谬 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.