cí huáng

Traditional: 雌黃

雌黄 (cí huáng) is a Chinese word meaning “orpiment; arsenic trisulfide As2S3; make changes in writing”.

Meanings

  1. 1orpiment
  2. 2arsenic trisulfide As2S3
  3. 3make changes in writing
  4. 4malign
  5. 5criticize without grounds

Characters in 雌黄

雌cí · female黄huáng · yellow

Related words

黄yellow黄surname Huang or Hwang黄色yellow黄金gold黄油butter黄蜂wasp黄瓜cucumber蛋黄egg yolk黄昏dusk黄酱yellow soybean paste (fermented and salted)雌female黄泉the Yellow Springs

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