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黄

huáng

HSK 3 Character Traditional 黃

What 黄 means

1. yellow
2. pornographic
3. to fall through

Other readings

黄 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Huángsurname Huang or Hwang

Example sentences

• 我爱蛋黄。
  I love egg yolks.
• 生菜变黄了。
  Shēngcài biàn huáng le.
  The lettuce has turned brown.
• 黄金比铁重。
  Gold is heavier than iron.
• 树叶变黄了。
  The leaves have turned yellow.
• 这花是黄的。
  The flower is yellow.
• 我喜欢黄色。
  I like yellow.

Words starting with 黄

• 黄金huáng jīngold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)
• 黄瓜huáng guācucumber
• 黄昏huáng hūndusk; evening; nightfall
• 黄色huáng sèyellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic
• 黄河Huáng HéYellow River or Huang He
• 黄土huáng tǔloess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
• 黄花huáng huāyellow flowers (of various types); chrysanthemum; cauliflower
• 黄豆huáng dòusoybean
• 黄油huáng yóubutter
• 黄牛huáng niúox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc; (dialect) to fail to show up
• 黄帝Huáng dìthe Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
• 黄浦江Huáng pǔ JiāngHuangpu River, major river flowing through Shanghai, dividing the city into Puxi 浦西
• 黄酒huáng jiǔ"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
• 黄海Huáng HǎiYellow Sea
• 黄山Huáng ShānHuangshan, mountain range in Anhui province
• 黄页huáng yèYellow Pages
• 黄道huáng dào(astronomy) the ecliptic
• 黄泉Huáng quánthe Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell
• 黄金时代huáng jīn shí dàigolden age
• 黄兴Huáng XīngHuang Xing (1874-1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen…
• 黄玉huáng yùtopaz
• 黄鱼huáng yúyellow croaker (fish)
• 黄鹤楼Huáng hè LóuYellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985…
• 黄浦区Huáng pǔ QūHuangpu, the most central of Shanghai's districts

Words containing 黄

• 金黄jīn huánggolden yellow; golden
• 金黄色jīn huáng sègold color
• 小黄xiǎo huáng(Taiwan; colloquial) taxicab
• 蛋黄dàn huángegg yolk
• 大黄dà huángrhubarb (botany)
• 炎黄子孙Yán Huáng zǐ sūndescendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
• 焦黄jiāo huángsallow; yellow and withered; sickly
• 淡黄dàn huánglight yellow
• 二黄èr huángone of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera; Peking opera; also written 二簧
• 扫黄sǎo huángcampaign against pornography
• 浅黄色qiǎn huáng sèbuff; pale yellow
• 飞黄腾达Fēi huáng téng dálit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom); fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's…
• 地黄dì huángChinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in TCM
• 皮黄pí huángBeijing opera (or styles of song in); abbr. for 西皮二黄
• 米黄mǐ huángcream-colored; beige
• 花黄huā huángyellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times)
• 鉴黄jiàn huángto inspect videos and other media for pornographic content
• 青黄qīng huánggreenish yellow; sallow (of complexion)
• 麻黄má huángephedra (genus Ephedra)
• 大黄鱼dà huáng yúCroceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking
• 小黄瓜xiǎo huáng guāgherkin
• 小黄车xiǎo huáng chēyellow bicycle…
• 拍黄瓜pāi huáng guāsmashed cucumber salad
• 核黄素hé huáng sùriboflavin (vitamin B2)

Characters that look like 黄

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 蛋dànegg; oval-shaped thing
• 董dǒngto supervise; to direct; director
• 奢shēextravagant
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯
• 蛰zhéto hibernate

Sounds the same

Read huáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 皇emperor; old variant of 惶
• 煌brilliant
• 凰used in 凤凰
• 簧reed (of a music instrument); spring; coil
• 惶(bound form) fear; dread; anxiety; trepidation
• 湟name of a river
• 遑leisure
• 蝗locust
• 磺sulfur
• 潢dye paper; lake; pond
• 璜semicircular jade ornament
• 徨used in 彷徨