| 黄 | huáng | yellow; pornographic; to fall through; surname Huang or Hwang |
| 黄色 | huáng sè | yellow (color); pornographic |
| 黄河 | Huáng Hé | Yellow River or Huang He |
| 黄金 | huáng jīn | gold |
| 黄兴 | Huáng Xīng | Huang Xing (1874-1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen, prominent in the 1911 Xinhai revolution 辛亥革命, murdered in Shanghai in 1916 |
| 黄昏 | huáng hūn | dusk; evening; nightfall |
| 金黄 | jīn huáng | golden yellow; golden |
| 黄瓜 | huáng guā | cucumber; CL:条 |
| 黄铜 | huáng tóng | brass (alloy of copper 铜 and zinc 锌) |
| 黄巢 | Huáng Cháo | Huang Chao (-884), leader of peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang |
| 黄土 | huáng tǔ | loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) |
| 黄牛 | huáng niú | ox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc; to fail to show up; to break a promise |
| 黄豆 | huáng dòu | soya bean; soy bean; CL:颗 |
| 黄铁矿 | huáng tiě kuàng | pyrite |
| 黄海 | Huáng hǎi | Yellow Sea |
| 大黄 | dài huáng | rhubarb |
| 黄麻 | huáng má | jute (Corchorus capsularis Linn.); plant fiber used for rope or sacks |
| 黄酒 | huáng jiǔ | "yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm) |
| 卵黄 | luǎn huáng | egg yolk |
| 蛋黄 | dàn huáng | egg yolk |
| 黄褐色 | huáng hè sè | tan (color); tawny |
| 黄油 | huáng yóu | butter; CL:盒 |
| 黄花 | huáng huā | chrysanthemum |
| 黄土高原 | huáng tǔ gāo yuán | loess plateau of northwest China |
| 黄山 | Huáng shān | Mt Huang; Yellow mountains; Huangshan prefecture level city centered around Huangshan Mountains in south Anhui |
| 核黄素 | hé huáng sù | riboflavin (vitamin B2) |
| 黄埔 | Huáng pǔ | Huangpu District, Guangzhou; Whampoa (old transliteration); Guangdong Harbor |
| 黄连 | huáng lián | Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine |
| 黄鱼 | huáng yú | yellow croaker (fish) |
| 黄冈 | Huáng gāng | Huanggang prefecture level city in Hubei |
| 黄浦 | Huáng pǔ | the main river through Shanghai; name of a district in Shanghai |
| 黄花鱼 | huáng huā yú | yellow croaker (fish); corvina |
| 大黄鱼 | dà huáng yú | Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking |
| 蟹黄 | xiè huáng | the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of the crab; soft interior of crab as a food delicacy; crab meat |
| 青黄不接 | qīng huáng bù jiē | lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop; temporary deficit in manpower or resources; unable to make ends meet |
| 黄道 | huáng dào | the ecliptic (the plane of the solar system) |
| 黄陵 | Huáng líng | Mausoleum of Yellow Emperor; Huangling county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi |
| 焦黄 | jiāo huáng | sallow; yellow and withered; sickly |
| 黄梅 | Huáng méi | Huangmei county in Huanggang 黄冈, Hubei |
| 黄金时代 | huáng jīn shí dài | golden age |
| 黄石 | Huáng shí | Huangshi prefecture level city in Hubei |
| 黄州 | Huáng zhōu | Huangzhou district of Huanggang city 黄冈市, Hubei |
| 黄龙 | Huáng lóng | Huanglong county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi |
| 黄蜂 | huáng fēng | wasp |
| 黄体 | huáng tǐ | corpus luteum (glands in female mammals producing progesterone) |
| 黄鼠狼 | huáng shǔ láng | see 黄鼬 |
| 黄斑 | huáng bān | macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina); yellow spot |
| 不到黄河心不死 | bù dào huáng hé xīn bù sǐ | lit. do not stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom); fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal; to keep going while some hope is left |
| 二黄 | èr huáng | one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera; Peking opera; also written 二簧; see also 西皮 |
| 信口雌黄 | xìn kǒu cí huáng | to talk off the cuff (idiom); idle talk |
