雌黃

See also: 雌黄

Chinese

		female	yellow
trad. (雌黃)		雌	黃
simp. (雌黄)		雌	黄

Etymology

From 雌 (cí, “feminine”) + 黃／黄 (huáng, “yellow”), as distinguished from 雄黃／雄黄 (xiónghuáng) (realgar, lit. "manly yellow").

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cíhuáng, cīhuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ, ㄘ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ wong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cíhuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíhhuáng
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-huang²
    • Yale: tsź-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrhwang
    • Palladius: цыхуан (cyxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cīhuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cihhuáng
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ¹-huang²
    • Yale: tsz̄-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhwang
    • Palladius: цыхуан (cyxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹ wong⁴
    • Yale: chī wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

雌黃

1. gamboge
2. orpiment

Derived terms

• 信口雌黃／信口雌黄 (xìnkǒucíhuáng)