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jan_m_savage • today at 12:14 AM • 5 replies • view on HN

[黃 (huáng) literally means yellow, but in slang and compound words, it can mean vulgar or lewd]....

Here's an example:

開黃腔 (kāi huáng qiāng) – to make a lewd or sexually suggestive remark.

All those years me learning Chinese haven't gone to waste--yet. :)


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rjh29 • today at 1:21 AM

I find it hard to describe why this comment triggers me... partly because 黃 is the 7th most common surname in China. And I don't think any native speaker would make that connection. It's like saying "haha that guy named Ryan Johnson was adulterous because his surname is slang for a penis!"

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chasil • today at 12:37 AM

He should be allowed to retain the CEO role if he tattoos the following on his right forearm:

"Do not #&$+ where you eat."

Seriously, a second mistress, who is unqualified?

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/11/nvidia-jensen-huang-affair-e...

I just put a large amount of money into Nvidia, and I am aghast.

You never, ever have intimate relationships with professional connections. Ever.

Edit: Best meme so far...

https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/55ed1286be8498d8efe431101...

andsoitis • today at 1:41 AM

Are you also into numerology?

jihadjihad • today at 12:18 AM

Seems legit [0]:

> sexually obscene; pornographic

0: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/黃

tw1984 • today at 1:11 AM

when I was a kid, my parents taught me that making fun of other people's names, especially surnames, is the lowest form of action.

You have my deepest sympathy that your parents hadn't quite evolved to that level of civilisation to teach you the same. Life must be tough for your childhood in such primitive and vile family.

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