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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黄* | 黄* | *黄
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
Huangyan district of Taizhou city 台州市, Zhejiang
(bird species of China) bay woodpecker (Blythipicus pyrrhotis)
huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus
yellow bicycle (nickname for bicycles provided by the Ofo bike-sharing company, active 2014–2020)
vitelline duct
(bird species of China) yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii)
butter / CL:
(bird species of China) yellow bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
Huangpi district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市, Hubei
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黄* | 黄* | *黄
surname Huang or Hwang
(bird species of China) green-eared barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus)
Huanglong county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
a slogan used in reference to a project to improve greenery in some parts of Northern China
Huangshan, a district of Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市, Anhui
custard
Huang Guangyu (1969-), PRC entrepreneur and millionaire, founder of GOME Electrical 國美電器|国美电器
soybean
sulfur
the Yellow River basin
(bird species of China) citrine wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
corpus luteum (glands in female mammals producing progesterone)
Yellow Sea
Huangmei county in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈, Hubei
Huangdao district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
Huangyan Island (in the South China Sea)
flavone
Huang Binhong (1865-1955), art historian and literati painter
abiu (Pouteria caimito)
rhubarb (botany)
Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui)
gold color
Yellow River or Huang He
(bird species of China) lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus)
Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine
jaundice
Huang Ju (1938-2007), Chinese politician
yellow chrysanthemum / wine
refers to the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
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
yellow soybean paste (fermented and salted)
"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), scholar and writer of the Ming-Qing transition
golden age
wampee (Clausena lansium)
(bird species of China) greater yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha)
Huangzhou district of Huanggang city 黃岡市|黄冈市, Hubei
(astronomy) the ecliptic
tribes under the Yellow Emperor
wasp
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)
prime time
the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)
xanthan / xanthanate gum (polysaccharide food additive used as a thickener)
former Hwanghae Province of northwest Korea, divided into North and South Hwanghae Province of North Korea in 1954
campaign against pornography
yellow croaker (fish)
brass (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and zinc 鋅|锌)
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
the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell
tan (color) / tawny
black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in TCM
realgar / red orpiment
lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom) / fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career
adult movie / pornographic movie
pornographic book
campaign against pornography
Huangyan district of Taizhou city 台州市, Zhejiang
(sports) yellow card / (fig.) admonishment
bezoar
pickle; pickled cucumber
rickshaw
Chinese divination almanac
yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
orpiment / arsenic trisulfide As2S3 / make changes in writing / malign / criticize without grounds
ox; cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise
ephedrine
lutein (biochemistry)
Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) / cork-tree bark (Chinese medicine)
sallow / yellow and withered / sickly
bumblebee
ephedra (genus Ephedra)
the yellow race; the Mongoloid race
Huangshan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
light yellow
descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
liquor; booze / murky, muddy water

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