炎黃子孫 yán huáng zǐ sūn

descendants of Yan and Huang; Chinese people

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)

Characters

Character Meaning
炎 yán HSK 6
flame; inflammation; -itis
黃 huáng
yellow; surname Huang or Hwang; pornographic
子 zǐ HSK 1
(noun suffix); son; child
孫 sūn
grandson; descendant; surname Sun