荒唐 huāngtáng▶ absurdo

Stroke order

荒唐 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

• 荒 — 9 strokes
• 唐 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. beyond belief
2. preposterous
3. absurd
4. intemperate
5. dissipated

Related words

• 荒凉Desolado
• 荒谬ridículo; sin sentido

荒唐 is pronounced huāngtáng and means “absurdo”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 荒唐 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.