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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hung4 wong4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hîm-hông / hîn-hông / hiông-hông
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (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: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- 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: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiông-hông
- Tâi-lô: hiông-hông
- Phofsit Daibuun: hionghoong
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ²³⁻³³ hɔŋ²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Noun
雄黃