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Surname Huang

黃

Huang is a Chinese surname in Mandarin pinyin spelling for the character 黃, meaning yellow.

Characters for the surname Huang

The spelling Huang is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 黃

    yellow; surname

    Mandarin huáng

  • 黄

    simplified form of 黃: yellow; surname

    Mandarin huáng (simplified form of 黃)

    attested

黃 all spellings of huáng

Possible characters for Huang

Huang 黃 huáng · Mandarin
In our records the spelling Huang stands for 黃.
CharacterMandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
黃huáng · Mandarin

Other spellings of the same character

  • Wong 黃Cantonese, Hakka
  • Ooi 黃Hokkien
  • Wee 黃Hokkien
  • Bong 黃Hakka, Cantonese
  • Ng 黃Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew

About the surname Huang

Huang is the Mandarin pinyin spelling of the surname 黃 / 黄. The same character is read wong4 in Cantonese and vòng in Hakka (spelt Wong), and n̂g or ûiⁿ in Hokkien (spelt Ng or Ooi). The meaning depends on the character a family uses.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 黃 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 黃 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 黄 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 黄 · mdbg.net · meaning

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