Yellow

黃

Yellow

Pronunciations:
huang ( Putonghua, 2nd tone ), Wong ( Cantonese 4th tone )

Meaning: Yellow

嫩黃 ( nen huang = soft yellow )
金黃 ( jin huang = golden / glittering-ywllow)
黃河 ( Huang He = yellow River )

泥黃 ( ni huang = muddy yellow )
黃蜂 ( huang feng = yellow bee ) = wasp.
蛋黃 ( dan huang = egg yellow ) = egg yolk.

黃金 ( huang jin = yellow gold ) is gold.
黃燈 ( huang deng = yellow light ) = amber / wait signal.
面如黃臘 ( mian ru huang la = face like yellow wax ) means dried up, sickly countenance.
人約黃昏後 ( ren yue huang hun hou = people gating yellow dark after, 黃昏 = evening ) = lovers' sevening rendezvous.

On one occasion in chinese history, a general was 黃袍加身 ( huang pao jia shen = yellow robe put on body, 黃袍: imperial robe ), i.e. coerced by supporters to become Emperor.

by: Raymond Mok 莫坤雄