hóng

red, vermillion; blush, flush

DEFINITIONS

紅 hóng
  • surname Hong
  • red
  • popular
  • revolutionary
  • bonus

WORDS

nǚ gōng the feminine arts (e.g. needlework)
奼紫嫣 chà zǐ yān hóng fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
yān hóng bright red
jiāo hóng tender pink
小粉 xiǎo fěn hóng young Chinese cyber-nationalists
帽 xiǎo hóng mào Little Red Riding Hood
莓 xiǎo hóng méi cranberry
蘿蔔 xiǎo hóng luó bo summer radish (the small red kind)
色 dài hóng sè reddish
cǎn hóng dark red
pī hóng to drape sb in red silk as a sign of honor
miáo hóng to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)
映山 yìng shān hóng Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii)
朱雀 shǔ hóng zhū què (bird species of China) pink-rumped rosefinch (Carpodacus eos)
曾慶 zēng qìng hóng Zeng Qinghong (1939-), vice-president of PRC 2003-2008
zhū hóng vermilion
燈 zhū hóng dēng Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
東方 dōng fāng hóng The East is Red, north Shaanxi folk song
柳綠花 liǔ lǜ huā hóng green willow and red flowers; all the colors of spring
táo hóng pink
méi hóng pinkish-red (color)
zōng hóng reddish brown
jú hóng orange (color); orange peel (used in TCM)
色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color; dark orange
歐亞尾鴝 ōu yà hóng wěi qú (bird species of China) common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)