蒼黃

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Chinese

dark blue; fly; musca
dark blue; fly; musca; deep green
 
yellow
trad. (蒼黃)
simp. (苍黄)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (14) (33)
Final () (101) (102)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter tshang hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰɑŋ/ /ɦwɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰɑŋ/ /ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɑŋ/ /ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰaŋ/ /ɦwaŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰɑŋ/ /ɣuɑŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰɑŋ/ /ɣuɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰɑŋ/ /ɣwɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
cāng huáng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cong1 wong4

Adjective

蒼黃

  1. greenish yellow
  2. sallow
  3. (literary) changeable (literally black or yellow, from the Mohist saying 染於蒼則蒼,染於黃則黃 "white silk can be dyed either black or yellow")
  4. Alternative form of 倉皇仓皇 (cānghuáng)