huáng
yellow
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香蕉是黄色的。
xiāng jiāo shì huáng sè de.
Bananas are yellow.
黄河是中国第二长河。
huáng hé shì zhōng guó dì èr cháng hé.
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.
我喜欢吃黄瓜。
wǒ xǐ huan chī huáng guā.
I like to eat cucumbers.
黄色 (huáng sè)
yellow
金黄 (jīn huáng)
golden yellow
白 (bái)
white
黑 (hēi)
black
The Chinese character 黄 (huáng) for "yellow" is a pictophonetic character, combining a phonetic component and a semantic component. The phonetic component is the character 皇 (huáng), which is pronounced similarly to 黄 and also means "yellow". The semantic component is the character 日 (rì), which means "sun". This combination suggests that the original meaning of 黄 was "the color of the sun".Over time, the meaning of 黄 expanded to include other shades of yellow, such as gold, amber, and saffron. It is also used to describe things that are associated with yellow, such as jaundice, bananas, and sunflowers. In modern Chinese, 黄 is also used as a surname.The character 黄 has a long history, dating back to the Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC). It is one of the most common characters in the Chinese language, and it is used in a wide variety of contexts.
