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炎黄子孙

Yán Huáng zǐ sūndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-69a13d0f635a6e02. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

炎黃子孫 炎黄子孙 [Yan2 Huang2 zi3 sun1] /descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)/

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Other forms in these source records: 炎黃子孫

  • 炎
    yán

    flame / inflammation / -itis

  • 黄
    huáng

    yellow / pornographic / to fall through

    Huáng

    surname Huang or Hwang

  • 子
    zǐ

    son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-

    zi

    noun suffix, as in 椅子[yǐ zi] "chair"

  • 孙
    sūn

    grandson / descendant

    Sūn

    surname Sun

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