雄黃

See also: 雄黄

Chinese

		heroic; male	yellow
trad. (雄黃)		雄	黃
simp. (雄黄)		雄	黄

Etymology

From 雄 (xióng, “yang; manly”) + 黃／黄 (huáng, “yellow”), for the yellow powder formed as pararealgar and distinguished from 雌黃／雌黄 (cíhuáng, “orpiment”, literally “feminine yellow”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiónghuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ wong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hîn-hông / hîm-hông / hiông-hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiónghuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syónghuáng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung²-huang²
    • Yale: syúng-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyonghwang
    • Palladius: сюнхуан (sjunxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ wong⁴
    • Yale: hùhng wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hîn-hông
    • Tâi-lô: hîn-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hinhoong
    • IPA (Taipei): /hin²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hin²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hin²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hîm-hông
    • Tâi-lô: hîm-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: himhoong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /him²⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /him¹³⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiông-hông
    • Tâi-lô: hiông-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hionghoong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/

Noun

雄黃

1. realgar, an arsenic sulfide

Derived terms

• 雄黃酒／雄黄酒 (xiónghuángjiǔ)