黄色 黃色 huáng sè yellow / vulgar / lewd / pornographic syn 北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn 水源 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river syn 冷水 lěng shuǐ cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans) syn 自来水 自來水 zì lái shuǐ running water / tap water 黄泉 黃泉 huáng quán the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell syn 清水 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game syn 跳水 tiào shuǐ to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 饮用水 飲用水 yǐn yòng shuǐ drinking water / potable water 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 开水 開水 kāi shuǐ boiled water / boiling water syn 水性 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc) 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 注水 zhù shuǐ to pour water into / to inject water into 取水 qǔ shuǐ water intake / to obtain water (from a well etc) 大河 dà hé large river (esp the Yellow River) 凉水 涼水 liáng shuǐ cool water / unboiled water syn 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 苦水 kǔ shuǐ bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint syn 金黄 金黃 jīn huáng golden yellow / golden syn 废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent 黄河 黃河 huáng hé Yellow River or Huang He 焦黄 焦黃 jiāo huáng sallow / yellow and withered / sickly syn 水资源 水資源 shuǐ zī yuán water resources / drinking water 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water 净水 淨水 jìng shuǐ clean water / purified water 黄花 黃花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) syn 黄绿色 黃綠色 huáng lǜ sè yellow green 浸水 jìn shuǐ to immerse in water / to drench / to inundate / irrigation water 黄鱼 黃魚 huáng yú yellow croaker (fish) syn 中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn 黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) 黄牌 黃牌 huáng pái (sports) yellow card / (fig.) admonishment 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) syn 淡黄 淡黃 dàn huáng light yellow syn 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 绿水 綠水 lǜ shuǐ green water / crystal-clear water syn 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 黄海 黃海 huáng hǎi Yellow Sea 黄酒 黃酒 huáng jiǔ "yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm) syn 暖色 nuǎn sè warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 黄斑 黃斑 huáng bān macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina) / yellow spot 水柱 shuǐ zhù stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet) / jet of water 黄鹂 黃鸝 huáng lí yellow oriole (Oriolus chinensis) syn 花露水 huā lù shuǐ perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol syn 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 黄页 黃頁 huáng yè Yellow Pages 下水 xià shuǐ downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot syn 出水 chū shuǐ to discharge water / to appear out of the water / to break the surface 黄帝 黃帝 huáng dì the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC 进水 進水 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water 蚩尤 chī yóu Chiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] 饮水机 飲水機 yǐn shuǐ jī water dispenser / water cooler / drinking fountain 淮河 huái hé Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] 辽东 遼東 liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 打水 dǎ shuǐ to draw water / to splash water 水表 shuǐ biǎo water meter / indicator of water level 引水 yǐn shuǐ to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation) syn 中水 zhōng shuǐ reclaimed water / recycled water 黄菊 黃菊 huáng jú yellow chrysanthemum / wine 西海 xī hǎi Yellow Sea (Korean term) 刑天 xíng tiān Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] 内经 內經 nèi jīng abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经[Huang2 di4 Nei4 jing1], The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC 炎黄子孙 炎黃子孫 yán huáng zǐ sūn descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) syn 黄绿 黃綠 huáng lǜ yellow-green 烧水 燒水 shāo shuǐ to heat water / to boil water 黄河流域 黃河流域 huáng hé liú yù the Yellow River basin 水渍 水漬 shuǐ zì water spot / water stain / wet spot / damp patch / water damage 张角 張角 zhāng jué Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han 浇花 澆花 jiāo huā to water the plants / to water the garden 黄种人 黃種人 huáng zhǒng rén yellow man / Mongoloid (old term) 黄土地 黃土地 huáng tǔ dì the yellow earth (of China) 水上运动 水上運動 shuǐ shàng yùn dòng water sports / aquatic motion / movement over water 菱角 líng jiǎo water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa) syn 两河 兩河 liǎng hé the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia 五帝 wǔ dì the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], Zhuanxu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2] and Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4] syn 青黄不接 青黃不接 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 syn 原水 yuán shuǐ raw water / unpurified water 黄水晶 黃水晶 huáng shuǐ jīng citrine (orange or yellow quartz SiO2 as a semiprecious stone) 橘黄色 橘黃色 jú huáng sè tangerine yellow / saffron (color) 滑水 huá shuǐ water skiing / to water-ski 花雕 huā diāo Shaoxing yellow wine syn 仓颉 倉頡 cāng jié Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method 颛顼 顓頊 zhuān xū Zhuanxu, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4], trad. reigned 2513-2435 BC 中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 黄澄澄 黃澄澄 huáng dèng dèng glistening yellow syn 橙黄 橙黃 chéng huáng orange yellow / tangerine yellow / chrome yellow syn 面黄肌瘦 面黃肌瘦 miàn huáng jī shòu lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom) / fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance syn 苏打水 蘇打水 sū dá shuǐ soda water / carbonated water 张宝 張寶 zhāng bǎo Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2] 黄花鱼 黃花魚 huáng huā yú yellow croaker (fish) / corvina syn 水罐 shuǐ guàn container for holding and pouring water (or other liquid): jug, pitcher, clay jar, jerry can, water bottle etc 泽泻 澤瀉 zé xiè common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) / water plantain rhizome (used in TCM) syn 枯水 kū shuǐ scarce water / low water level 茶晶 chá jīng yellow quartz / topaz syn 轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 