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yellow
cucumber
gold
dusk
rhubarb
Chinese foxglove
the yellow race
Chinese goldthread
yellow flower
yellow flowers
Notice where 黄 sits in each complete thought.
My heart is green and yellow.
Source: Tatoeba #1516449 · CC BY 2.0 FRCan you buy some more pickles?
Source: Tatoeba #6956978 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe Golden Age of the Romans is in the past.
Source: Tatoeba #1245082 · CC BY 2.0 FRShe said that she had to be back before dawn.
Source: Tatoeba #1517477 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe door of the office is yellow.
Source: Tatoeba #397033 · CC BY 2.0 FRIn the United States, school buses are yellow.
Source: Tatoeba #816555 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.