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黄色

huáng sè

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 黃色

黄色 (huáng sè) means "yellow". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 黄色 means

1. yellow
2. vulgar; lewd; pornographic

The characters in 黄色

• 黄huángyellow; pornographic; to fall through
• 色sècolor; look; appearance

Example sentences

• 我喜欢黄色。
  I like yellow.
• 蛋黄是黄色的。
  Dànhuáng shì huángsè de.
  Yolks are yellow.
• 柠檬是黄色的。
  The lemon is yellow.
• 奶酪是黄色的。
  The cheese is yellow.
• 奶酪不是黄色的。
  The cheese is not yellow.
• 男孩在摘黄色的花。
  Nánhái zài zhāi huángsè de huā.
  The boy is picking yellow flowers.

Words starting with 黄色

• 黄色炸药huáng sè zhà yàotrinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3
• 黄色书刊huáng sè shū kānpornographic books and magazines

Words containing 黄色

• 金黄色jīn huáng sègold color
• 浅黄色qiǎn huáng sèbuff; pale yellow
• 乳黄色rǔ huáng sècream (color)
• 橙黄色chéng huáng sèorange yellow; tangerine yellow; chrome yellow; amber
• 姜黄色jiāng huáng sèginger (color)
• 橘黄色jú huáng sètangerine yellow; saffron (color)

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