Keyword
yellow
- surname
- Frequency
- #757
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
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Mnemonic
A jade pendant
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
黄
yellow; pornographic; to fall through
黄金
gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)
黄色
yellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic
黄河
Yellow River or Huang He
黄昏
dusk; evening; nightfall
黄瓜
cucumber
黄山
Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui province
金黄
golden yellow; golden
黄海
Yellow Sea
黄鹤楼
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 崔颢 (CuīHào), with theme 'the past will never return'; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳阳楼 (YuèyángLóu) in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王阁 (TéngwángGé) in Nanchang, Jiangxi
黄牛
ox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc; (dialect) to fail to show up; (dialect) to break a promise
黄豆
soybean
大黄
rhubarb (botany)
黄土
loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
黄金周
Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods
黄金时代
golden age
黄油
butter
黄花
yellow flowers (of various types); chrysanthemum; cauliflower; (yellow) daylily; a young virgin (boy or girl)
金黄色
gold color
黄鳝
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) (CL:条 (tiáo))
扫黄
campaign against pornography
黄埔军校
Whampoa Military Academy
黄浦区
Huangpu, the most central of Shanghai's districts
黄泉
the Yellow Springs; the underworld of Chinese mythology; the equivalent of Hades or Hell