què

确

Character · AdjectiveTraditional確

(of land) barren; infertile

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

adjective

barren; infertile (of soil/land)

literary

This is an archaic literary usage, rarely seen in modern spoken Chinese. It is often paired with '硗' to form the compound '硗确' meaning barren land.

Zhè这
piàn片
tǔ土
dì地
qiāo硗
què确
 ，
nán难
yǐ以
gēng耕
zhòng种
 。

This land is barren and difficult to farm.

Gǔ古
dài代
wén文
rén人
cháng常
miáo描
xiě写
qiāo硗
què确
zhī之
dì地
de的
mín民
shēng生
jí疾
kǔ苦
 。

Ancient scholars often wrote about the hardships of people living on barren lands.