荒漠化 huāngmòhuà desertification; to desertify Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 荒漠 huāngmò noun desert a vast desert or desolate wilderness; a barren wasteland with little rain and few inhabitants化 huà affixparticle [...-ize] Suffix appearing after nouns or adjectives that expresses a transformation into a certain state or quality, meaning "-ize" or "-ization"