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  *黃* | 黃* | *黃
yellow / pornographic / to fall through
HSK 2
yellow / vulgar; lewd; pornographic
HSK 2
gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time)
HSK 4
cucumber / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
dusk / evening / nightfall
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黃* | 黃* | *黃
surname Huang or Hwang
soybean
golden yellow; golden
Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism / also written 格魯派|格鲁派
egg yolk
Huangshi, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省
black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
topaz
Wong Tai Sin district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
golden age
rhubarb (botany)
lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence
butter / CL:
Yellow River or Huang He
brass (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and zinc 鋅|锌)
name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (former British colony in Africa) and Costa Daurada (area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain)
the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
Huangpu District, Guangzhou / Whampoa (old transliteration) / Guangdong Harbor
wasp
glistening yellow; golden
ox; cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise
the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell
lutein (biochemistry)
yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
Yellow Sea
(sports) yellow card / (fig.) admonishment
Chinese divination almanac
macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina) / yellow spot
gold color
Huanglong county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl)
Huanglong county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
Huangmei county in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈, Hubei
Huangpu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
yellow croaker (fish)
Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine
jaundice
flavone
beige
turmeric
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
yellow-green
bumblebee
milk vetch / plant genus Astragalus / huangqi 黃芪|黄芪, Astragalus membranaceus (used in TCM)
Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui)
lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom) / fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
Huangshan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
campaign against pornography
(astronomy) the ecliptic
"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
Neihuang county in Anyang 安陽|安阳, Henan
tan (color) / tawny
the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)
orange yellow / tangerine yellow / chrome yellow
light yellow
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) (CL:條|条)
lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem
faded old woman
huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus
citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni); golden needles (its edible flower)
dream of golden millet / fig. illusions of wealth and power / pipe dream
lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet
to speak off the cuff / to casually opine
chloasma / melasma
greenish yellow / sallow (of complexion)
loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
silly little girl
lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom) / fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance
Loess Plateau of northwest China
Huangpu River, major river flowing through Shanghai, dividing the city into Puxi 浦西 (west of the river) and Pudong 浦東|浦东 (east of the river)
riboflavin (vitamin B2)
descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
Bordered Yellow banner or Hövööt Shar khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
Huangmei county in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈, Hubei
jute (Corchorus capsularis Linn.) / plant fiber used for rope or sacks
rickshaw
Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
(of a woman) old and faded
Huangpu, the most central of Shanghai's districts
Huangpi district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
maiden / virgin
yellow croaker (fish) / corvina
bezoar
Yihuang county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow
ephedra (genus Ephedra)
liquor; booze / murky, muddy water

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