Definition
光秃秃 is an ABB‑form descriptive adjective (状态词) that vividly depicts something completely bare or bald — no vegetation, no hair, no cover. The reduplicated 秃秃 intensifies the bareness, giving it a visual, almost colloquial feel. You use it for mountains, trees, heads, or ground that have lost their natural covering. It functions like an adjective but often takes 的 before a noun (光秃秃的山) or stands with 的 as a predicate (山上光秃秃的).
r.f.
barebald (describes a completely uncovered surface — hill, tree, head, ground)
Examples
- ，，光秃秃。Dōngtiān dào le, shù shang de yèzi dōu diàoguāng le, zhǐ shèngxià guāng tū tū de shùzhī.Winter came, all the leaves fell off the tree, leaving only bare branches.
- ，光秃秃，。Tā tì le guāngtóu, nǎodai guāng tū tū de, kàn qǐlai hěn yǒuqù.He shaved his head; his scalp is completely bald, which looks quite funny.
- 光秃秃，。Zhè piàn tǔdì guāng tū tū de, shénme zhíwù dōu bù zhǎng.This stretch of land is barren — nothing grows on it.
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