黃河

The large amount of sand in the river makes the river appear yellow.

Earliest extant authentic attestions of 黃河 are in Pei Songzhi's Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms [5th century CE]:

• 《魏氏春秋》載紹檄州郡文曰：「……大軍汎黃河以角其前，荊州下宛葉而犄其後……」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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  《魏氏春秋》载绍檄州郡文曰：「……大军泛黄河以角其前，荆州下宛叶而犄其后……」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

  From: Pei Songzhi, Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 5^th century CE

  “Wèishì Chūnqiū” zǎi Shào xí zhōujùn wén yuē: “...... Dàjūn fàn Huánghé yǐ jué qí qián, Jīngzhōu xià wǎn yè ér jī qí hòu......” [Pinyin]

  In Weishi Chunqiu, (Yuan) Shao's exhortation to the provinces and commanderies is recorded thus: “[...] my main armies sail across the Yellow River to assail his (Cao Cao's) front, and the Jing province's troops descend on Wan and Ye to attack his rear, [...]”

• 《獻帝傳》曰：……授臨濟歎曰：「上盈其志，下務其功，悠悠黃河，吾其反乎？」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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  《献帝传》曰：……授临济叹曰：「上盈其志，下务其功，悠悠黄河，吾其反乎？」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

  From: Pei Songzhi, Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 5^th century CE

  “Xiàndì zhuàn” yuē:...... Shòu lín jì tàn yuē: “Shàng yíng qí zhì, xià wù qí gōng, yōuyōu Huánghé, wú qí fǎn hū?” [Pinyin]

  In Account of Emperor Xian, it's said: [...] (Ju) Shou looked over the ford, sighed, and said: “Above filled with ambition, below obsessed with achievements. O everlasting Yellow River, shall I return?”

Lee (2004) and Hargett (2021) propose that the earliest occurrence of 黃河 is in Book of Han 16.527 [1st century CE];[1][2] yet Wang Niansun (王念孫) (1831) stated that the letter 黃 there was a later interpolation.[3]

黃河

1. the Yellow River

   • 黃河洋洋，悠悠之魚，臨津不濟。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     黄河洋洋，悠悠之鱼，临津不济。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 3th century, 孔叢子 (Kǒngcóngzǐ) (The Many Kong Family Master's Anthology), attributed to 孔鮒 (Kong Fu)

     Huánghé yángyáng, yōuyōu zhī yú, lín jīn bù jì. [Pinyin]

     The Yellow River is spacious; its fishes are numerous; I came to the ford yet did not cross.

   • 君不見黃河之水天上來，奔流到海不復回。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君不见黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 752, 李白 (Li Bai), 將進酒

     Jūn bùjiàn Huánghé zhī shuǐ tiānshàng lái, bēnliú dào hǎi bù fùhuí. [Pinyin]

     Have you not seen that the waters of the Yellow River come from the sky, surging into the ocean, never to return again.

• 河 (hé) (archaic)

Others:

• → Arabic: خْوَانْغْخِي (ḵwānḡḵī), هْوَانْغْهِي (hwānḡhī), اَلنَّهْر اَلْأَصْفَر (an-nahr al-ʔaṣfar) (calque)
• → Armenian: Հուանհե (Huanhe)
• → Czech: Chuang-che, Žlutá řeka (calque)
• → Dutch: Hoangho, Gele Rivier (calque)
• → English: Huang He, Huang Ho, Hwang Ho, Yellow River (calque)
• → Finnish: Keltainenjoki (calque)
• → French: Huang He, Houang-Ho, fleuve Jaune (calque)
• → German: Huang He, Gelber Fluss (calque)
• → Greek: Κίτρινος Ποταμός (Kítrinos Potamós) (calque)
• → Hindi: ह्वांगहो (hvāṅgho)
• → Hungarian: Sárga-folyó (calque)
• → Italian: Huang He, Fiume Giallo (calque)
• → Korean: 황허 (Hwangheo)
• → Malay: Sungai Kuning (calque)
• ⇒ Manchu: ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩ
  ᡥᠣ
  ᠪᡳᡵᠠ (hūwang ho bira)
• → Mongolian: Шар мөрөн (Šar mörön) (calque)
• → Mangghuer: xira muroon (calque)
• → Persian: رود زرد (calque)
• → Polish: Rzeka Żółta (calque)
• → Portuguese: Huang He, Rio Amarelo (calque)
• → Russian: Хуанхэ́ (Xuanxɛ́), Жёлтая река́ (Žóltaja reká) (calque)
• → Spanish: Huang He, río Amarillo (calque)
• → Tagalog: Ilog na Dilaw (calque)
• → Uyghur: سېرىق دەريا (sëriq derya) (calque)
• ⇒ Zhuang: Dahvangzhoz

• 淮河 (Huái Hé)
• 濟水／济水 (Jǐ Shuǐ)
• 四瀆／四渎 (Sì Dú)

黃(こう)河(が) • (Kōga) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 黄河 (“Yellow River”)

黃河 • (Hwangha) (hangeul 황하)

1. Hanja form^? of 황하 (“Yellow River”).

黃河

1. chữ Hán form of Hoàng Hà (“Yellow River”).