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  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黃* | 黃* | *黃
surname Huang or Hwang
soybean
Yellow hat or Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism / also written 格魯派|格鲁派
Huangshi, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省
black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
topaz
golden age
lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence
butter / CL:
Yellow River or Huang He
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
the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell
yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
Yellow Sea
(sports) yellow card / (fig.) admonishment
Chinese divination almanac
macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina) / yellow spot
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
yellow croaker (fish)
Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine
jaundice
flavone
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC
yellow-green
milk vetch / plant genus Astragalus / huangqi 黃芪|黄芪, Astragalus membranaceus (used in TCM)
Huangmei opera (local opera of Anhui)
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
(astronomy) the ecliptic
"yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm)
tan (color) / tawny
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) (CL:條|条)
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
chloasma / melasma
loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
silly little girl
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)
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)
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
liquor; booze / murky, muddy water
trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3
Huangyan district of Taizhou city 台州市, Zhejiang
Huangping county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
Huangzhou district of Huanggang city 黃岡市|黄冈市, Hubei
golden ratio / golden section
yellow soybean paste (fermented and salted)
Huang Chao (-884), leader of peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang
Huanggang, prefecture-level city in Hubei Province 湖北省
Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), scholar and writer of the Ming-Qing transition
corpus luteum (glands in female mammals producing progesterone)
Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April 1911
Mongolian gazelle / Procapra gutturosa
aflatoxin
Huangshan, a district of Huangshan City 黃山市|黄山市, Anhui
beeswax
pornographic books and magazines
Huangling county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi
Huangyan district of Taizhou city 台州市, Zhejiang
Huang Shigong, also known as Xia Huanggong 夏黃公|夏黄公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author
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)
Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai Province 青海省
Huangdao district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
Huangting Jing, one of the primary scriptures of Daoism
pyrite
the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
Huangzhou district of Huanggang city 黃岡市|黄冈市, Hubei
Huanghua, county-level city in Cangzhou 滄州|沧州, Hebei
yellow fever

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