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Meaning of 黃

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(Simplified: 黄)
Pinyin: huáng
English Definition: yellow; pornographic; to fall through; surname Huang or Hwang
Chinese Definition:
①像金子或向日葵花的顏色:黃色。黃昏。牛黃。黃澄澄。信口雌黃。
②特指中國黃河:黃災。治黃。黃泛區。
③指“黃帝”(即“軒轅氏”,傳說中原始社會部落聯盟首領):黃老(黃帝和老子)。炎黃子孫。
④事情失敗或計劃不能實現:事情黃了。
⑤姓氏。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictographic: A jade pendant
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • 廿 [ niàn ] twenty, twentieth
    • Above to below
      • Above to below
      • [ ] eight; all around, all sides
Example Words
黃河 huáng Yellow River or Huang He
黃金 huáng jīn gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)
黃色 huáng yellow (color); pornographic
黃昏 huáng hūn dusk; evening; nightfall
黃土 huáng loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
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Example Sentences
1
Yellow is my favorite color.
2
This cucumber is a little bitter.
3
The leaves turn yellow in autumn.
4
She likes to eat cold cucumber salad.
5
His hair is yellow.