黄 (huáng): yellow, pornographic, to fall through
黄 (huáng) is a Chinese character meaning “yellow.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 由 (structural) and 八 (structural). It ranks #561 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 黄 a jade pendant. Its radical form 黄 (yellow) appears in many related characters.
Definitions
- yellow
- pornographic
- to fall through
Etymology & Origin
pictographicA jade pendant
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 黄
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄油noun | huáng yóu | butter |
| 黄蜂noun | huáng fēng | wasp |
| 蛋黄noun | dàn huáng | egg yolk |
| 黄昏noun | huáng hūn | dusk |
| 黄酱 | huáng jiàng | yellow soybean paste (fermented and salted) |
| 黄泉noun | huáng quán | the Yellow Springs |
| 黄鼠狼noun | huáng shǔ láng | see 黃鼬|黄鼬 |
| 黄铜noun | huáng tóng | brass (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and zinc 鋅|锌) |
| 黄豆noun | huáng dòu | soybean |
| 黄龙proper-noun | huáng lóng | see 黃龍縣|黄龙县 |
| 雌黄noun | cí huáng | orpiment |
| 黄道noun | huáng dào | (astronomy) the ecliptic |
| 扫黄verb | sǎo huáng | campaign against pornography |
| 金黄adjective | jīn huáng | golden yellow |
| 黄河proper-noun | huáng hé | Yellow River or Huang He |
黄 appears in 102 compound words: 80 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 黄 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (24)
an institution that is deemed an industry standard, has industry-wide influence, and produces industry talents
the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
the "Gold Coast" of China; China's prosperous coastal provinces; Hong Kong Gold Coast
fanciful dream of wealth and rank; pipe dream; one's hopes coming to nothing
Showing 12 of 24 idioms containing 黄.
Example Sentences
老师教我们黄字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men huáng zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "黄."
900克黄金遗漏列车 女乘客失而复得
9 0 0 kè huáng jīn yí lòu liè chē nǚ chéng kè shī ér fù dé
900 grams of gold missing train Female passenger lost and recovered
以为黄金!贼闯宅偷宝盒 他:是我肾结石
yǐ wéi huáng jīn ! zéi chuǎng zhái tōu bǎo hé tā : shì wǒ shèn jié shí
Think it's gold! Thieves break into the house and steal treasure boxes He: It's my kidney stones
云林大黄狗被人从5楼丢下“凶手抓到了” 虐狗原因...
yún lín dà huáng gǒu bèi rén cóng 5 lóu diū xià xiōng shǒu zhuā dào le nüè gǒu yuán yīn . . .
The big yellow dog in Yunlin was dropped from the 5th floor "The murderer was caught" The reason for the dog abuse...
黄金消费火热、春节不打烊,电商人一周三飞
huáng jīn xiāo fèi huǒ rè , chūn jié bù dǎ 烊 , diàn shāng rén yī zhōu sān fēi
Gold consumption is hot, the Spring Festival is not closed, and e-commerce people fly three times a week
外卖骑手黄晓琴:做骑手与社会连接的纽带|在春天许一...
wài mài qí shǒu huáng xiǎo qín : zuò qí shǒu yǔ shè huì lián jiē de niǔ dài zài chūn tiān xǔ yī . . .
Takeaway rider Huang Xiaoqin: Be the link between riders and society|In the spring...
哪个比较重，铅还是黄金？
Nǎge bǐjiào zhòng, qiān háishi huángjīn?
Which is heavier, lead or gold?
你不喜欢我的黄围巾吗？
Nǐ bù xǐhuan wǒ de huáng wéijīn ma?
Don't you like my yellow scarf?
穿黄色雨衣的女孩是谁？
Chuān huángsè yǔyī de nǚhái shì shéi?
Who's the girl in a yellow raincoat?
你能再买点儿泡黄瓜吗？
Nǐ néng zài mǎi diǎnr pāo huángguā ma?
Can you buy some more pickles?
Character Family
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