Chinese words starting with “hong”
22 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable hong. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 3 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial h · final ong · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 8
- 2nd tone 14
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 红色hóng sèHSK 2
red (color); revolutionary
- 红茶hóng cháHSK 3
black tea
- 红酒hóng jiǔHSK 3
red wine
All 22 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 红 | hóng | a,v,g | red; popular; revolutionary; bonus | |
| 2 | 轰 | hōng | v,o | explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel | |
| 3 | 哄 | hōng | v,o | roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) | |
| 4 | 洪水 | hóng shuǐ | n | deluge; flood | |
| 5 | 轰炸 | hōng zhà | v,vn | to bomb; to bombard | |
| 6 | 红灯 | hóng dēng | n | red light | |
| 7 | 轰动 | hōng dòng | vn,v | to cause a sensation; to create a stir in (a place); commotion; controversy | |
| 8 | 宏伟 | hóng wěi | a | grand; imposing; magnificent | |
| 9 | 红包 | hóng bāo | n | money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment; kickback; bribe | |
| 10 | 烘 | hōng | v | to bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast | |
| 11 | 烘干 | hōng gān | v,vn | to dry over a stove | |
| 12 | 红火 | hóng huǒ | a | prosperous | |
| 13 | 宏大 | hóng dà | a | great; grand | |
| 14 | 宏观 | hóng guān | n | macro-; macroscopic; holistic | |
| 15 | 红润 | hóng rùn | a | ruddy; rosy; florid | |
| 16 | 红薯 | hóng shǔ | n | sweet potato | |
| 17 | 红眼 | hóng yǎn | v | to become infuriated; to see red; envious; jealous; covetous; pink eye (conjunctivitis); red-eye (flight)(photography) red eye | |
| 18 | 弘扬 | hóng yáng | v | to enhance; to promote; to enrich | |
| 19 | 洪亮 | hóng liàng | a | loud and clear; resonant | |
| 20 | 烘托 | hōng tuō | v | background (of a painting); backdrop; a foil (to set off something to advantage); to offset (something to advantage) | |
| 21 | 哄堂大笑 | hōng táng dà xiào | v | the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom) | |
| 22 | 红扑扑 | hóng pū pū | z | red; rosy; flushed |
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