杳無人煙 [－无－烟]

Jyutping miu5 mou4 jan4 jin1
Pinyin yǎo wú rén yān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
  2. God-forsaken
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    形容​一個​地方​冇​人跡​；​人影​都​唔​見
    deserted; remote and uninhabited
    • 呢一帶到咗夜晚就渺無人煙，好似死城噉。
      呢一带到咗夜晚就渺无人烟，好似死城噉。
      ni1 jat1 daai3 dou3 zo2 je6 maan5 zau6 miu5 mou4 jan4 jin1, hou2 ci5 sei2 sing4 gam2.
      This area becomes deserted when night comes like a ghost city.
  2. 近義詞
    鬼影都冇隻
  3. 參看
    渺無人煙
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to be desolate; to be uninhabited
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    避开空气污染嘅唯一方法就系喺啲杳无人烟嘅地方到住。
    避開空氣污染嘅唯一方法就係喺啲杳無人煙嘅地方到住。
    bei6 hoi1 hung1 hei3 wu1 jim5 ge3 wai4 jat1 fong1 faat3 zau6 hai6 hai2 di1 miu5 mou4 jan4 jin1 ge3 dei6 fong1 dou3 zyu6 。
    • The only way to escape air pollution is to live in the middle of nowhere.