[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.15791 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15791 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15791 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15791](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15791) \[On this Professor Giles writes: "'Whang' clearly stands for 'yellow,' as in \*Whangpoo\* and like combinations. The difficulty is with \*ee\*, which should stand for some word of that sound in the Cantonese dialect. There is such a word in 'clothes, skin, sheath'; and 'yellow skin (or sheath)' would form just such a combination as the Chinese would be likely to employ. The suggestion of Terrien de la Couperie is not to the purpose." So Mr. C. M. Gardner writes: "The word \*hwang\* has many meanings in Chinese according to the tone in which it is said. \*Hwang-chi téng\* or \*hwangee-téng\* might be 'yellow-corticled cane.' The word \*chuh\* means 'bamboo,' and \*hwang-chuh\* might be 'yellow or Imperial bamboo.' \*Wan\* means a 'myriad,' \*ch'i\* 'utensil'; \*wan-chi téng\* might mean a kind of cane 'good for all kinds of uses.' \*Wan-chuh\* is a particular kind of bamboo from which paper is made in W. Hapei."\] - [Previous: c10.15790](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15790) - [Next: c10.15792](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15792) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15791](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15791) · Pramāṇa