紅 (hung4 | hong2 {gong1}) : red

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紅

hung4

hong2 {gong1}

[1] red; vermilion; rosy [2] [v] blush; redden [3] eminent; influential (players); very popular [4] specially favored; [n] favorite

Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 糸 (#120)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

紅 / 红

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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紅酒 hung4 zau2 hong2 jiu3 = red wine

紅日 hung4 jat6 = the red glowing sun

紅茶 hung4 caa4 hong2 cha2 = black tea

紅心 hung4 sam1 = hearts (suit in cards, lit., "red hearts")

紅豆 hung4 dau6*2 hong2 dou4 = red bean

眼紅 ngaan5 hung4 yan3 hong2 = jealous; furious

粉紅色 fan2 hung4 sik1 fen3 hong2 se4 = pink

紅色 hung4 sik1 hong2 se4 = red

紅白事 hung4 baak6 si6 hong2 bai2 shi4 = weddings and funerals

紅葡萄酒 hung4 pou4 tou4 zau2 hong2 pu2 tao5 jiu3 = red wine
See all 174 compounds (CantoDict reports 179 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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因為唔知底細，所以暫時叫佢紅鬼粵
Since we don't have much information, we're calling him "red ghost" for now.
[Lit. because not-know exact-details, therefore temporarily call him red ghost. ("Red Ghost" here is a codename for a criminal. If it his name had already been mentioned we could have 因為唔知底細所以暫時噉叫佢.)]

紅湯定白湯? 粵
Borscht or cream soup?

老虎竟然識食紅蘿蔔，真係咄咄怪事！
Tigers that eat carrots? How strange is that?!

佢淨係鍾意著紅色裙,冇得解嘅。粵
She only loves to wear red dresses, which can't be explained why.

毒品調查科已經懸紅五百萬通緝毒梟。
The Narcotics Bureau has offered a reward of five million dollars for the arrest of the drug lord.

景氣好壞可從口紅銷售量看出端倪
The sales volume of lipstick gives a clue as to how prosperous the economy is.

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Decimal representation of this word: 紅
Unicode code for this character: U+7D05 (off-site link)

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