紅紅 (hung4*2 hung4 | hong2 hong2) : very red

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紅紅

hung4*2 hung4

hong2 hong2

very red

For reduplicated adjectives, the first syllable is regularly raised to Tone 2 to mean "very (or really)". Ex: 圓圓 [jyun42 jyun4] very round, 熱熱 [jit62 jit6] very hot, 怕怕 [paa32 paa3] very scared. Refer to 廣州話方言詞典 (p.292) for details.

Level: 2
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

紅紅

This word has been viewed 1224 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 12th Feb 2007 06:34 and last edited on 16th Mar 2009 01:30

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紅 hung4 gung1 - red; successful; revolutionary; bonus
紅 hung4 gung1 - red; successful; revolutionary; bonus

3 compounds containing this word:

紅紅地 - reddish, light red
面紅紅 - [v] to flush with wine or rage; to blush (lit., "face red red")
眼紅紅 - full of grief, eyes red from crying

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Decimal representation of this word: 紅紅

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