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黄
黃
Huáng
1. surname Huang or Hwang
Very Common • Top 2% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

黄
huáng
yellow; surname
HSK 3 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

二黄
èrhuáng
one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera
仓黄
cānghuáng
variant of [[倉皇|仓皇<cānghuáng>]]
内黄
Nèihuáng
Neihuan county in Anyang [[安陽|安阳<Ānyáng>]], Henan
卵黄
luǎnhuáng
egg yolk
地黄
dìhuáng
Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in TCM
大黄
dàhuáng
rhubarb (botany)
娇黄
jiāohuáng
tender yellow
宜黄
Yíhuáng
Yihuang county in Fuzhou [[撫州|抚州]], Jiangxi
小黄
xiǎohuáng
(coll.) taxicab (Tw)
扫黄
sǎohuáng
campaign against pornography
柘黄
zhèhuáng
yellow dye made from the bark of the [[柘<zhè>]] tree
棕黄
zōnghuáng
light brown
橙黄
chénghuáng
orange yellow
淡黄
dànhuáng
light yellow
焦黄
jiāohuáng
sallow
牛黄
niúhuáng
bezoar
皮黄
píhuáng
Beijing opera (or styles of song in)
硫黄
liúhuáng
sulfur
米黄
mǐhuáng
beige
花黄
huāhuáng
yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times)

Alternate Entries

黄
huáng
yellow / pornographic / to fall through

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
560
Word Frequency Rank
1,311 of 84,292

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