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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黃* | 黃* | *黃
yellow / pornographic / to fall through
HSK 2
yellow / vulgar; lewd; pornographic
HSK 2
cucumber / CL: 條|条
HSK 4
gold / golden (opportunity) / prime (time)
HSK 4
dusk / evening / nightfall
HSK 7-9
Wee Kim Wee (1915-2005), president of Singapore (1985-1993)
(bird species of China) white-throated bulbul (Alophoixus flaveolus)
yellow-green
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黃* | 黃* | *黃
surname Huang or Hwang
(bird species of China) yellow-rumped honeyguide (Indicator xanthonotus)
lit. croaker car / flatbed tricycle / delivery tricycle
gherkin
Huang Zunxian (1848-1905), Qing dynasty poet and diplomat, author of A Record of Japan 日本國誌|日本国志, an extended analysis of Meiji Japan
Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai Province 青海省
soybean
a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance
egg yolk
Yellow Pages
yellow bicycle (nickname for bicycles provided by the Ofo bike-sharing company, active 2014–2020)
yolk sac (ectodermal cells attaching fetus to uterus before the development of the placenta)
Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism / also written 格魯派|格鲁派
egg yolk
black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
topaz
King Solomon's seal (plant of genus Polygonatum)
golden age
rhubarb (botany)
golden ratio / golden section
lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence
butter / CL:
Yellow River or Huang He
yellow gum / xanthanate gum (polysaccharide food additive used as a thickener)
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
brass (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and zinc 鋅|锌)
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
(bird species of China) slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris)
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
turmeric
macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina) / yellow spot
gold color
(bird species of China) yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus)
yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl)
yellow croaker (fish)
Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine
jaundice
flavone
beige
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
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)
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)
crab roe / crab spawn / (used for crab meat in general)
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
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)
Huangmei county in Huanggang 黃岡|黄冈, Hubei
jute (Corchorus capsularis Linn.) / plant fiber used for rope or sacks
Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
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

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