蒼黃

Chinese

		dark blue; fly; musca dark blue; fly; musca; deep green	yellow
trad. (蒼黃)		蒼	黃
simp. (苍黄)		苍	黄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cānghuáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong¹ wong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhong-hông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cānghuáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤ ㄏㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: canghuáng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang¹-huang²
    • Yale: tsāng-hwáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsanghwang
    • Palladius: цанхуан (canxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 倉惶 / 仓惶 倉皇 / 仓皇 蒼黃 / 苍黄

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cong¹ wong⁴
    • Yale: chōng wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong¹ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong¹ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 倉皇 / 仓皇 蒼黃 / 苍黄

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhong-hông
    • Tâi-lô: tshong-hông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhonghoong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ³³ hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: tshang hwang

Rime
Character	蒼	黃
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	七岡切	胡光切
Baxter	tshang	hwang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/ɦwɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/ɦʷɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰaŋ/	/ɦwaŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/ɣuɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑŋ/	/ɣwɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cāng	huáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cong1	wong4

Adjective

蒼黃

1. greenish yellow
2. sallow
3. (literary) changeable (literally black or yellow, from the Mohist saying 染於蒼則蒼,染於黃則黃 "white silk can be dyed either black or yellow")
4. Alternative form of 倉皇 / 仓皇 (cānghuáng)