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紅

简红 · 繁紅

Mandarin · pinyin gōng#

used in 女紅 nǚ gōng

Mandarin · pinyin hóng#

red
popular
revolutionary
bonus

Mandarin · pinyin Hóng#

surname Hong

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紅: hóng · red, vermillion; blush, flush
红: hóng · red, vermillion; blush, flush

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1 · gong1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gung1 · hung4

Cantonese word readings for 紅. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

red
(colloquial) popular; in vogue
the red clothes and bunting used on festive occasions
festive occasion; wedding
(figurative) revolutionary; Communist; Red
(business, finance) bonus; extra dividend
(literary) flower
(literary) beautiful woman
(literary) blood
(euphemistic, Cantonese, Hakka) blood tofu
a surname, Hong

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Substitute character for 功 (gōng).
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Substitute character for 工 (gōng).
Placename in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history, northeast of modern Tai'an, Shandong.

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Substitute character for 絳／绛 (jiàng).

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