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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 黃 (“yellow”); this is the Northern form. Doublet of vàng (“gold”) and huỳnh, the Southern form.
Adjective
hoàng
- (only in compounds) yellow
Derived terms
- hoàng đạo (黃道, “(astronomy) ecliptic”)
- Hoàng Đế (黃帝, “(Chinese mythology) the Yellow Emperor”)
- Hoàng Hà (黃河, “Yellow River”)
- Hoàng Hạc Lâu (黃鶴樓, “Yellow Crane Tower”)
- Hoàng Hải (黃海, “Yellow Sea”)
- hoàng hôn (黃昏, “dusk; sunset; nightfall; evening twilight”)
- hoàng lan (黃蘭, “(botany) ylang ylang”)
- hoàng oanh (黃鶯, “oriole”)
- hoàng tuyền (黃泉, “(occult) the world of the dead”)
- lưu hoàng (硫黃, “(dated) sulfur”)
- noãn hoàng (卵黃, “(anatomy) yolk in a yolk sac”)
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 皇 (“emperor”).
Noun
hoàng
- (only in compounds) king, emperor, prince
Derived terms