Chinese Word: 芜 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

芜 (Trad.: 蕪)

Pinyin: wú

English Definition: overgrown with weeds

Chinese Definition:
①草长得杂乱：荒芜。芜城(田地荒芜长满乱草的旧城)。
②乱草丛生的地方：平芜。
③喻杂乱(多指文辞)：芜杂(杂乱，没有条理)。芜词。芜劣(杂乱拙劣)。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:无 indicates the sound; 艹 (weed) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 无 [ wú ] no, not; lacking, -less

Similar Characters: 芺

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荒芜	huāng wú	left to return to unchecked growth; overgrown; grown wild
芜杂	wú zá	miscellaneous; mixed and disorderly (of writing); disordered and confusing; mixed-up and illogical
芜菁	wú jīng	turnip
去芜存菁	qù wú cún jīng	lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers; to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
繁芜	fán wú	wordy; verbose; flourishing and thriving

1		nà 那 hú 湖 jué 绝 bú shi 不是 nǐ 你 xiǎng xiàng 想象 de 的 nà zhǒng 那种 kuàng 旷 wú 芜 de 的 hú 湖。 The lake had never been what you would call a wild lake.
2		nín 您 qù 去 guò 过 sī kǎ bù luó 斯卡布罗 jí shì 集市 ma 吗？ wú 芜 suī 荽， shǔ wěi cǎo 鼠尾草， mí dié xiāng 迷迭香 hé 和 bǎi lǐ xiāng 百里香。 Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
3		dàn shì 但是 xiàn zài 现在 nǐ 你 yǐ jīng 已经 lí kāi 离开， zhǐ 只 liú xià 留下 yī piàn 一片 xū 虚 wú 芜。 Now you've gone away, only emptiness remains.
4		zhè lǐ 这里 hái yǒu 还有 hú luó bo 胡萝卜、 yáng cōng 洋葱、 wān dòu 豌豆、 dòu 豆 hé 和 wú 芜 qìng 箐。 There are also carrots, green onions, peas, beans and turnips.
5		juǎn xīn cài 卷心菜 yǔ 与 jiè cài 芥菜， wú 芜 qìng 箐， gān lán 甘蓝 hé 和 yǔ yī gān lán 羽衣甘蓝 dōu 都 pō 颇 yǒu 有 yuān yuán 渊源。 Cabbages Cabbage is related to masteredmustard, turn-upsturnips, K. O. kale and colors, we relive collards .

1		nà 那 hú 湖 jué 绝 bú shi 不是 nǐ 你 xiǎng xiàng 想象 de 的 nà zhǒng 那种 kuàng 旷 wú 芜 de 的 hú 湖。 The lake had never been what you would call a wild lake.
2		nín 您 qù 去 guò 过 sī kǎ bù luó 斯卡布罗 jí shì 集市 ma 吗？ wú 芜 suī 荽， shǔ wěi cǎo 鼠尾草， mí dié xiāng 迷迭香 hé 和 bǎi lǐ xiāng 百里香。 Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
3		dàn shì 但是 xiàn zài 现在 nǐ 你 yǐ jīng 已经 lí kāi 离开， zhǐ 只 liú xià 留下 yī piàn 一片 xū 虚 wú 芜。 Now you've gone away, only emptiness remains.
4		zhè lǐ 这里 hái yǒu 还有 hú luó bo 胡萝卜、 yáng cōng 洋葱、 wān dòu 豌豆、 dòu 豆 hé 和 wú 芜 qìng 箐。 There are also carrots, green onions, peas, beans and turnips.
5		juǎn xīn cài 卷心菜 yǔ 与 jiè cài 芥菜， wú 芜 qìng 箐， gān lán 甘蓝 hé 和 yǔ yī gān lán 羽衣甘蓝 dōu 都 pō 颇 yǒu 有 yuān yuán 渊源。 Cabbages Cabbage is related to masteredmustard, turn-upsturnips, K. O. kale and colors, we relive collards .