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红
紅
hóng
1.
red
2.
popular
3.
revolutionary
4.
bonus
HSK 2
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
红客
hóngkè
"honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest
红桃
hóngtáo
heart ♥ (in card games)
红场
Hóngchǎng
Red Square (in Moscow)
红安
Hóngān
Hong'an county in Huanggang [[黃岡|黄冈<Huánggāng>]], Hubei
红日
hóngrì
sun
红果
hóngguǒ
haw fruit
红古
Hónggǔ
Honggu District of Lanzhou City [[蘭州市|兰州市<LánzhōuShì>]], Gansu
红堡
hóngbǎo
Red Fort (historic building in Delhi, India)
红妆
hóngzhuāng
splendid gay female clothing
红学
Hóngxué
"Redology", academic field devoted to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions
红岗
Hónggǎng
Honggang district of Daqing city [[大慶|大庆<Dàqìng>]], Heilongjiang
红旗
hóngqí
red flag
红星
hóngxīng
red star
红木
hóngmù
red wood
发红
fāhóng
to turn red
大红
dàhóng
crimson
当红
dānghóng
currently popular (of movie stars, singers etc)
红土
hóngtǔ
red soil
红尘
hóngchén
the world of mortals (Buddhism)
红外
hóngwài
infrared (ray)
Example Sentences (2)
这件红的呢？这是今天新来的。
Zhè jiàn hóng de ne? Zhè shì jīntiān xīn lái de.
How about this red one? This one just came in today.
Text 4
而且他的脾气也不错，结婚快十年了，我们俩几乎没因为什么事红过脸，很多人都特别羡慕我们。
érqiě tā de píqi yě búcuò, jiéhūn kuài shí nián le, wǒmen liǎ jīhū méi yīnwèi shénme shì hóng guò liǎn, hěn duō rén dōu tèbié xiànmù wǒmen.
And he has a good temper, too; we’ve been married almost ten years, the two of us have hardly ever argued about anything, and many people really envy us.
Text 5
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 501
- Word Frequency Rank
- 863 of 84,292