YELLOW    黃色

COLOUR RESEMBLING the COLOUR of LEMON PEEL.
Modern Chinese Criteria
黃色 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • BROWN　DARK YELLOW (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • COLOUR　APPEARANCE of SURFACES which REFLECT OR ISSUE LIGHT, PERCEIVED USING the EYES. (anc: 5/0, child: 8)
  • APPEARANCE　CLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES. (anc: 4/0, child: 6)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.69

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    YELLOW

    luteus refers to the yellow of the yolk of an egg.

    gilvus and helvus refer to a fainter reddish yellow, like that of honey.

    flavus luridus refers to a lighter whitivsh yellow that that of light auburn hair.

    luridus refers to a wan unpleasent yellowishness, like that of pale death.

  • Kleine Schriften Deutsche Ostasienstudien ( UNGER 2009) p. 1-9

  • 語言學論集 ( ZHANG YONGYAN 1992) p. 100-135

    Zhang lists 29 words and compares adjacent languages.

    • Words (7 items)

    黃  huáng OC: ɡʷaaŋ MC: ɦɑŋ 10 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Epithet: 金/GOLD Jīn 金 "metal" is sometimes used as short for huáng jīn 黃金.

      Syntactic words
    • nmyellow-brownish dye
    • v[adN]what is browing-yellow (the colour associated with EarthCH
    • vadNyellow; brown; golden
    • vibe yellow; brown; golden
    • vichangebecome yellow;turn yellow; turn brown
    金色  jīn sè OC: krɯm sqrɯɡ MC: kim ʂɨk 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe golden; glitter like gold; have a golden sheen
    鞠  jū OC: kuɡ MC: kuk 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNgreenish-yellow
    褘  huī OC: qhul MC: hɨi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nadNof fresh yellow cloth (used in the queen's ritual garments)
    金  jīn OC: krɯm MC: kim 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nadNgolden
    黈  tǒu OC: thooʔ MC: thu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNyellow
    瘀黃  yū huáng OC: qas ɡʷaaŋ MC: ʔi̯ɤ ɦɑŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPichangeturn sickly yellow