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, ㄘㄏㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ wong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: cíhuáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhwang
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: cīhuáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄏㄨㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhwang
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci¹ wong⁴
  - Yale: chī wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ wong⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/

Noun

雌黃

Derived terms

信口雌黃／信口雌黄 (xìnkǒu-cíhuáng)

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