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huang

/ˈhwɑːŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables
huang
IPA
/ˈhwɑːŋ/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Mandarin.

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 黃／黄 (Huáng), from Chinese for yellow. Doublet of Wong, Huynh, and Hoang.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Huangs (plural) Wong (alternative) Ng (alternative) Wee (alternative) Oei (alternative) Ooi (alternative) Huynh (alternative) Hoang (alternative)

Derived Forms

huangite

Homonyms

hoang

Rhymes With

hang gang bang sang wang yang lang chang rang zhang dang tang

Questions

How do you pronounce huang?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhwɑːŋ/.
What does huang mean?
A surname from Mandarin.
Where does huang come from?
It is traced to Chinese.

How to pronounce huang

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