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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 黄色

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
黄色 huáng sè - yellow
- vulgar; lewd; pornographic

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 2 3,285 5,203 4,092

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
黄 huáng- surname Huang or Hwang
黄 huáng- yellow
- pornographic
- to fall through
色 sè- color
- CL:種|种[zhong3]
- look
- appearance
- sex
色 shǎi- (coll.) color
- used in 色子[shai3zi5]

Other Words Containing 黄色

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
黄色 - 2 3,285 5,203 4,092
黄色炸药 - - 53,261 - -