| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 黄以静 | Huáng Yǐ jìng | Wong Yee Ching or Flossie Wong-Staal (1947-) Hong Kong American virologist, joint discoverer of the HIV AIDS virus |
| 黄信 | Huáng Xìn | Huang Xin, character in The Water Margin |
| 黄光裕 | Huáng Guāng yù | Huang Guang'yu (1969-), PRC entrepreneur and millionaire, founder of Guo mei or Gome electronics 国美电器 |
| 黄克强 | Huáng Kè jiàng | pseudonym of Huang Xing 黄兴, one of the heroes of the 1911 Xinhai revolution 辛亥革命 |
| 黄包车 | huáng bāo chē | rickshaw |
| 黄南 | Huáng nán | Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Rma-lho Bod-rigs rang skyong khul) in Qinghai |
| 黄南州 | Huáng nán zhōu | Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Rma-lho Bod-rigs rang skyong khul) in Qinghai |
| 黄南藏族自治州 | Huáng nán Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu | Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Rma-lho Bod-rigs rang skyong khul) in Qinghai |
| 黄原胶 | huáng yuán jiāo | xanthan; xanthanate gum (polysaccharide food additive used as a thickener) |
| 黄原酸盐 | huáng yuán suān yán | xanthate |
| 黄嘌呤 | huáng piào lìng | xanthine |
| 黄土不露天 | huáng tǔ bù lù tiān | a slogan used in reference to a project to improve greenery in some parts of Northern China |
