Definitions
(adjective)
yellow
(adjective)
pornographic
Etymology
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Etymologically, the character 黄 originated from an early representation of a person wearing a jade ornament, which subsequently became associated with the color yellow. Its traditional form, 黃, retains structural hints of this human figure, though the components have been conventionalized into standard strokes over centuries. The primary meaning of yellow expanded from a simple color designation to include symbolic references to the loess soil of central China and, by extension, the concept of the center in traditional philosophy. This semantic broadening is evident in historical figures like the Yellow Emperor, while the character's fundamental color meaning has persisted alongside these cultural accretions.
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这件衣服是黄色的。
花园里有黄色的花。
秋天树叶变黄了。
妈妈买了几根黄瓜。
黄河是中国的母亲河。
盘子里有面包和黄油。
夕阳把天空染成了金黄色。
他们选择了一个黄道吉日举行婚礼。