黄 huáng

“yellow; pornographic; to fall through”

name, adjective, attributiveHSK 3 · 2021 list level 2Traditional 黃

新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level

黄 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.

Entry 4181: 黄 huáng — Level 6; official annotation 6 (名). PDF page 184

Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.

用法How to use 黄

黄 (huáng) means "yellow", the color, and is a very common everyday word for colors, clothes, fruit and leaves. It appears before 的 + noun (黄色的裙子), after 是 as 是黄的/是黄色的, and as a predicate with 了 meaning "turn yellow" (叶子黄了). When the color is referred to as a noun, use 黄色.

例句Example sentences

我最喜欢的颜色是黄色。wǒ zuì xǐ huan de yán sè shì huáng sè.My favorite color is yellow.
她今天穿了一件黄色的裙子。tā jīn tiān chuān le yí jiàn huáng sè de qún zǐ.She wore a yellow dress today.
秋天到了，树上的叶子都黄了。qiū tiān dào le, shù shàng de yè zi dōu huáng le.Autumn has come, and the leaves on the trees have all turned yellow.

常见错误Common mistakes

✗我的书包是黄。

✓我的书包是黄色的。

When a color word is the predicate after 是, it needs 的 or 色: 是黄色的 or 是黄的. Bare 是黄 is incomplete (but 黄了 with 了, as in 叶子黄了, is fine).

易混词Easily confused

黄vs黄色

黄色 is the noun form for the color "yellow" (and can also mean "pornographic"); 黄 alone is the adjective/state word used before 的 + noun or with 了, and is not the usual way to name the color.

义项All meanings

Huáng: surname Huang or Hwang
huáng: yellow; pornographic; to fall through