| | north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River | HSK 2 |
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| | yellow / pornographic / to fall through | HSK 2 |
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| | river (CL: 條|条, 道) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 | HSK 2 |
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| | yellow / vulgar; lewd; pornographic | HSK 2 |
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| | five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored | |
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| | Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-legged buttonquail (Turnix tanki) | |
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| | yellow rosewood | |
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| | the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum melanozanthum) | |
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| | abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经, The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC | |
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| | large river (esp the Yellow River) | |
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| | (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 | |
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| | tribes under the Yellow Emperor | |
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| | Yellow River Cantata (1939) by Xian Xinghai 冼星海 | |
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| | the Great Bend of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia | |
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| | descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Yellow River or Huang He | |
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| | Yangtze and Yellow rivers | |
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| | (lit.) to flash the yellow light / (fig.) to give a warning sign | |
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| | the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) | |
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| | Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河 and the Changjiang 長江|长江 | |
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| | the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
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| | yellow soil (acidic, iron-rich soil of tropical and subtropical regions) / (literary) yellow earth; loess / (literary) the underworld | |
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| | the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC | |
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| | Yellow Peril, political novel by Wang Lixiong 王力雄 | |
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| | yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations) | |
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| | light yellow | |
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| | yellow fever | |
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| | Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 | |
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| | Yellow Sea | |
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| | Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 | |
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| | Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han | |
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| | buff / pale yellow | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | golden yellow; golden | |
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| | Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism / also written 格魯派|格鲁派 | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola) | |
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| | tangerine yellow / saffron (color) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | light yellow color | |
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| | Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 | |
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| | Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
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| | The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD | |
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| | yellow croaker (fish) / corvina | |
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| | yellow chrysanthemum / wine | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus) | |
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| | Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method | |
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| | yellow fever virus | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | well-aged wine with a mellow, rich taste / (esp.) yellow wine 黃酒|黄酒, made from rice or millet | |
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| | banana person (yellow outside, white inside) / mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans / Westernized person of Asian appearance | |
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| | yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis) | |
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| | the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm / the world is at peace (idiom) | |
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| | yellow green | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | stir-fried yellow fish filet | |
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| | lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean / fig. to become inexorably mixed up / mired in controversy / in deep trouble | |
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| | Liugong island in the Yellow sea | |
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| | tender yellow | |
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| | yellow bicycle (nickname for bicycles provided by the Ofo bike-sharing company, active 2014–2020) | |
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| | warm color (esp. red, orange, and yellow) | |
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| | yellow green | |
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| | Chinese yellow eel | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-throated fulvetta (Schoeniparus cinereus) | |
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| | loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) | |
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| | refers to the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-rumped honeyguide (Indicator xanthonotus) | |
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| | yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-vented warbler (Phylloscopus cantator) | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-bellied tit (Pardaliparus venustulus) | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-bellied fantail; yellow-bellied fairy fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus) | |
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| | Yellow Pages | |
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| | (bird species of China) eastern yellow wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis) | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) | |
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| | Yellow Sea (Korean term) | |
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| | The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus) | |
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| | Ji River, former river of north-eastern China which disappeared after the Yellow River flooded in 1852 | |
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| | Shaoxing yellow wine | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow-billed blue magpie (Urocissa flavirostris) | |
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| | the army of Yellow Turbans, a peasant uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
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| | the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia | |
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| | Bordered Yellow banner or Hövööt Shar khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟, Inner Mongolia | |
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| | greenish yellow / sallow (of complexion) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | (bird species of China) yellow bunting (Emberiza sulphurata) | |
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| | yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times) | |
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| | the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) | |
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| | Longyangxia canyon on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Gonghe county 共和縣|共和县 in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai | |
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| | sallow / yellow and withered / sickly | |
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| | The Yellow Emperor's Classic on the Feng Shui of Dwellings | |
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| | comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow / evil omen | |
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| | Wang Lixiong (1953-), Chinese writer, author of Yellow Peril 黃禍|黄祸 | |
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| | yellow croaker (fish) | |
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| | mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor / Huangling county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi | |
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| | yellow bone marrow | |
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