| 1 | 荒 | 荒 | huāng | huang1 | desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect | | |
| 2 | 荒凉 | 荒涼 | huāng liáng | huang1 liang2 | desolate | | |
| 3 | 荒地 | 荒地 | huāng dì | huang1 di4 | wasteland; uncultivated land | | |
| 4 | 荒唐 | 荒唐 | huāng táng | huang1 tang2 | beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated | | |
| 5 | 荒谬 | 荒謬 | huāng miù | huang1 miu4 | absurd; ridiculous | | |
| 6 | 荒漠 | 荒漠 | huāng mò | huang1 mo4 | barren | | |
| 7 | 开荒 | 開荒 | kāi huāng | kai1 huang1 | to open up land (for agriculture); to open up land (for agriculture) | | |
| 8 | 荒诞 | 荒誕 | huāng dàn | huang1 dan4 | beyond belief; incredible; preposterous; fantastic | | |
| 9 | 荒芜 | 荒蕪 | huāng wú | huang1 wu2 | left to return to unchecked growth; overgrown; grown wild | | |
| 10 | 荒诞无稽 | 荒誕無稽 | huāng dàn wú jī | huang1 dan4 wu2 ji1 | ridiculous; unbelievable; absurd | | |
| 11 | 荒井 | 荒井 | huāng jǐng | Huang1 jing3 | Arai (Japanese surname) | | |
| 12 | 荒瘠 | 荒瘠 | huāng jí | huang1 ji2 | desolate and poor; infertile | | |
| 13 | 荒旱 | 荒旱 | huāng hàn | huang1 han4 | drought and famine | | |
| 14 | 荒寒 | 荒寒 | huāng hán | huang1 han2 | desolate and cold; frozen wastes | | |
| 15 | 荒怪不经 | 荒怪不經 | huāng guài bù jīng | huang1 guai4 bu4 jing1 | absurd; unthinkable | | |
| 16 | 荒岛 | 荒島 | huāng dǎo | huang1 dao3 | barren or uninhabited island; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 17 | 灾荒 | 災荒 | zāi huāng | zai1 huang1 | natural disaster; famine | | |
| 18 | 荒诞不经 | 荒誕不經 | huāng dàn bù jīng | huang1 dan4 bu4 jing1 | absurd; preposterous; ridiculous | | |
| 19 | 荒村 | 荒村 | huāng cūn | huang1 cun1 | an abandoned village | | |
| 20 | 荒草 | 荒草 | huāng cǎo | huang1 cao3 | weeds; brush (vegetation); wild grassland | | |
| 21 | 戈壁荒滩 | 戈壁荒灘 | gē bì huāng tān | Ge1 bi4 huang1 tan1 | barren sands of the Gobi desert | | |
| 22 | 电荒 | 電荒 | diàn huāng | dian4 huang1 | shortage of electricity | | |
| 23 | 地老天荒 | 地老天荒 | dì lǎo tiān huāng | di4 lao3 tian1 huang1 | see 天荒地老 | | |
| 24 | 兵荒马乱 | 兵荒馬亂 | bīng huāng mǎ luàn | bing1 huang1 ma3 luan4 | soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war | | |
| 25 | 备荒 | 備荒 | bèi huāng | bei4 huang1 | to prepare against natural disasters | | |