黃 (wong4 | huang2) : yellow

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黃

wong4

huang2

[1] yellow [2] a Chinese family name [3] Kangxi radical 201

Stroke count: 12

Level: 1

Radical: (#201)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

黃 / 黄

This word has been viewed 22939 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:51

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黃瓜 wong4 gwaa1 huang2 gua5 = cucumber

黃金 wong4 gam1 huang2 jin1 = gold; Golden; slang for excrement

黃色 wong4 sik1 huang2 se4 = yellow colour ; erotic, pornographic

黃豆 wong4 dau6*2 huang2 dou4 = soybean; soya bean

三人一條心，黃土變成金 saam1 jan4 jat1 tiu4 sam1 wong4 tou2 bin3 sing4 gam1 san1 ren2 yi4 tiao2 xin1 huang2 tu3 bian4 cheng2 jin1 = Three men of one heart can transform yellow earth into gold

黃油 wong4 jau4 huang2 you2 = butter 國

人造黃油 jan4 zou6 wong4 jau4 ren2 zao4 huang2 you2 = margarine 國

黃魚 wong4 jyu4*2 huang2 yu2 = croaker; yellow-fin tuna

黃棃 wong4 lei4 = pineapple

黃河 wong4 ho4 huang2 he2 = Yellow River; Huang River
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請勿超越黃線!
Please stand behind the yellow line!

現在流行的事物，過些時候都成為明日黃花。國
What is fashionable now will be passe after some time.

人哋重係黃花閨女㗎！粵
She's still an untouched virgin girl!
[The audio has 閨 mispronounced as gwai3 (instead of gwai1).]

目前的金融海嘯可能成為黃金復興的契機
This economic tsunami could well be the turning point for gold to be fashionable again.

黃色襯紫色好唔好睇呀？
Yellow and purple match, does it look good?

近來傳出啲流言蜚語，話老闆畀人捉黃腳雞粵
Recently there has been all these slanderous tales about the boss being blackmailed for having some extra-marital affair.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 黃
Unicode code for this character: U+9EC3 (off-site link)

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