炎黃

See also: 炎黄

Chinese

		flame; inflammation; ‑itis	yellow
trad. (炎黃)		炎	黃
simp. (炎黄)		炎	黄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yán-Huáng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ wong⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Iām-Hông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yán-Huáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yánhuáng
  - Wade–Giles: Yen²-huang²
  - Yale: Yán-hwáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yanhwang
  - Palladius: Яньхуан (Janʹxuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jim⁴ wong⁴
  - Yale: yìhm wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ wong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    炎黃 / 炎黄
    閻王 / 阎王
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iām-Hông
  - Tâi-lô: Iām-Hông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iaxmhoong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iam²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁴¹⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam²²⁻²¹ hɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iam³³⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam³³⁻²¹ hɔŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: hjem hwang

Rime
Character	炎	黃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	于廉切	胡光切
Baxter	hjem	hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiᴇm/	/ɦwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚiɛm/	/ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiæm/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjiam/	/ɦwaŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣjɛm/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣĭɛm/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ɛm/	/ɣwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yán	huáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim⁴	wong⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)am N-kʷˤaŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɦlam ɡʷaːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	炎	黃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yán	huáng
Middle Chinese	‹ hjem ›	‹ hwang ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷ(r)am/	/*N-kʷˁaŋ/
English	burn, blazing	yellow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	炎	黃
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	14315	5380
Phonetic component	炎	黄
Rime group	談	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	炎	黃
Old Chinese	/*ɦlam/	/*ɡʷaːŋ/
Notes		甲金文象繫市（韍）之圍腰綬帶，取唐蘭釋黃爲衡綬但不取其尪本字說。非光聲

Proper noun

炎黃

Yan Emperor and Yellow Emperor (two legendary rulers of pre-dynastic China)

Noun

炎黃

(figurative) ancestors of the Chinese nation

Derived terms

炎黃子孫 / 炎黄子孙 (Yán-Huáng zǐsūn)