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north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黃* | 黃* | *黃
yellow / pornographic / to fall through
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *河* | 河* | *河
river (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉
HSK 2
yellow / vulgar; lewd; pornographic
HSK 2
five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
(bird species of China) yellow-legged buttonquail (Turnix tanki)
yellow rosewood
the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell
(bird species of China) yellow-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum melanozanthum)
abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经, The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
large river (esp the Yellow River)
(archaeology) Yangshao culture, a Neolithic culture (c. 5000–3000 BC) in the central Yellow River basin, known for painted pottery, millet farming and village settlements
tribes under the Yellow Emperor
Yellow River Cantata (1939) by Xian Xinghai 冼星海
the Great Bend of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia
descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱
Yellow River or Huang He
Yangtze and Yellow rivers
(lit.) to flash the yellow light / (fig.) to give a warning sign
the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)
Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河 and the Changjiang 長江|长江
the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
yellow soil (acidic, iron-rich soil of tropical and subtropical regions) / (literary) yellow earth; loess / (literary) the underworld
the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
Yellow Peril, political novel by Wang Lixiong 王力雄
yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)
light yellow
yellow fever
Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝
Yellow Sea
Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝
Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
buff / pale yellow
green train (slow, noisy, unairconditioned train with forest green livery and yellow trim that ran on the Chinese railway system from the 1950s, phased out in the early 21st century)
blue, gold and yellow (BGY), the three methods of manipulation: information control (via media and the Internet), money (bribery etc) and sexual temptation (honey trap etc)
golden yellow; golden
Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism / also written 格魯派|格鲁派
(bird species of China) yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola)
tangerine yellow / saffron (color)
Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *緗* | 緗* | *緗
light yellow color
Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河
Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD
yellow croaker (fish) / corvina
yellow chrysanthemum / wine
(bird species of China) yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)
Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method
yellow fever virus
Huang He Inundated Area, the area flooded in 1938 when dikes along the Yellow River were destroyed in an attempt to halt the advance of Japanese troops / (historically) Huang He floodable area
well-aged wine with a mellow, rich taste / (esp.) yellow wine 黃酒|黄酒, made from rice or millet
banana person (yellow outside, white inside) / mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans / Westernized person of Asian appearance
yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm / the world is at peace (idiom)
yellow green
lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left
stir-fried yellow fish filet
lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble
Liugong island in the Yellow sea
tender yellow
yellow bicycle (nickname for bicycles provided by the Ofo bike-sharing company, active 2014–2020)
warm color (esp. red, orange, and yellow)
yellow green
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鱔* | 鱔* | *鱔
Chinese yellow eel
(bird species of China) yellow-throated fulvetta (Schoeniparus cinereus)
loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
refers to the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
(bird species of China) yellow-rumped honeyguide (Indicator xanthonotus)
yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl)
(bird species of China) yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
(bird species of China) yellow-vented warbler (Phylloscopus cantator)
(bird species of China) yellow-bellied tit (Pardaliparus venustulus)
(bird species of China) yellow-bellied fantail; yellow-bellied fairy fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus)
Yellow Pages
(bird species of China) eastern yellow wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
(bird species of China) yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
Yellow Sea (Korean term)
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
(bird species of China) yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus)
Ji River, former river of north-eastern China which disappeared after the Yellow River flooded in 1852
Shaoxing yellow wine
(bird species of China) yellow-billed blue magpie (Urocissa flavirostris)
the army of Yellow Turbans, a peasant uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia
Bordered Yellow banner or Hövööt Shar khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia
greenish yellow / sallow (of complexion)
Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River
(bird species of China) yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata)
yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times)
the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
Longyangxia canyon on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Gonghe county 共和縣|共和县 in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
sallow / yellow and withered / sickly
The Yellow Emperor's Classic on the Feng Shui of Dwellings
comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow / evil omen
Wang Lixiong (1953-), Chinese writer, author of Yellow Peril 黃禍|黄祸
yellow croaker (fish)
mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor / Huangling county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
yellow bone marrow

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