水荒 (shuǐhuāng) · water shortage, water famine

Measure Word

一场水荒 chǎng

HSK 6

为了防止夏天闹水荒，政府提前修了两座水库。

Wèile fángzhǐ xiàtiān nào shuǐhuāng, zhèngfǔ tíqián xiū le liǎng zuò shuǐkù.

To avoid a water shortage in summer, the government built two reservoirs in advance.

HSK 7-9

一连三个月没下雨，这座城市闹水荒了。

Yìlián sān ge yuè méi xiàyǔ, zhè zuò chéngshì nào shuǐhuāng le.

It hasn't rained for three months in a row, and the city is short of water.

usage

荒 after a noun means a severe shortage of it: 粮荒 food, 电荒 power, 油荒 fuel. The verb that goes with them is 闹: 闹水荒 'to be hit by a water shortage'.

水 shuǐ

荒 huāng