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洪

hóng

HSK 6 Character

What 洪 means

1. flood
2. big
3. great

Other readings

洪 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Hóngsurname Hong

Example sentences

• 人们因为洪水被疏散了。
  Rénmen yīnwèi hóngshuǐ bèi shūsàn le.
  People were evacuated because of the flood.
• 洪水造成了很大的损害。
  Hóngshuǐ zàochéng le hěn dà de sǔnhài.
  The flood caused a lot of damage.
• 很多家园被洪水冲走了。
  Hěn duō jiāyuán bèi hóngshuǐ chōngzǒu le.
  Many homes were washed away by the flood.
• 许多房屋被洪水冲走了。
  Xǔduō fángwū bèi hóngshuǐ chōngzǒu le.
  A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.
• 山坡让滔滔的洪水往西流
  Shānpō ràng tāotāo de hóngshuǐ wǎng xī liú
  The hillside had torrential flooding from the west.
• 洪水涌到了窗户的高度。
  The flood water reached the level of the windows.

Words starting with 洪

• 洪水hóng shuǐdeluge; flood
• 洪亮hóng liàngloud and clear; resonant
• 洪流hóng liúa powerful current; a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)
• 洪武Hóng wǔHongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang…
• 洪森Hóng SēnHun Sen (1952-), prime minister of Cambodia since 1985
• 洪灾hóng zāiflood
• 洪佛Hóng FóHung Fut style kung fu
• 洪堡Hóng bǎoHumboldt
• 洪家Hóng Jiāthe Hong family (household); Hung Gar Kung Fu - Martial Art
• 洪峰hóng fēngflood peak
• 洪炉hóng lúgreat furnace (metaphor for a place where character is forged)
• 洪福hóng fúgood fortune; great blessing
• 洪亮吉Hóng Liàng jíHong Liangji (1746-1809), poet and historian
• 洪博培Hóng Bó péiJon Huntsman, Jr. (1960-), US politician, Governor of Utah 2005-2009, Ambassador to China…
• 洪山区Hóng shān QūHongshan, a district of Wuhan City 武汉市
• 洪水期hóng shuǐ qīflood season
• 洪江市Hóng jiāng ShìHongjiang, a county-level city in Huaihua City 怀化市
• 洪洞县Hóng tóng XiànHongtong, a county in Linfen City 临汾市
• 洪湖市Hóng hú ShìHonghu, a county-level city in Jingzhou City 荆州市
• 洪泽区Hóng zé QūHongze, a district of Huai'an City 淮安市
• 洪泽湖Hóng zé HúHongze Lake in Jiangsu province
• 洪秀全Hóng Xiù quánHong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping…
• 洪雅族Hóng yǎ zúHoanya, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 洪雅县Hóng yǎ XiànHongya, a county in Meishan City 眉山市

Words containing 洪

• 李洪志Lǐ Hóng zhìLi Hongzhi (1951–), founder of Falun Gong 法轮功
• 抗洪kàng hóngto fight a flood
• 山洪shān hóngdeluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt
• 防洪fáng hóngflood control; flood prevention
• 分洪fēn hóngto separate flood; flood defense
• 宽洪kuān hóngmagnanimous; generous; broad-minded
• 希洪Xī hóngGijón (Asturian: Xixón), city in northwest Spain on the bay of Biscay
• 排洪pái hóngto drain flood-water
• 暴洪bào hónga sudden, violent flood; flash flood
• 于洪区Yú hóng QūYuhong, a district of Shenyang City 沈阳市
• 射洪市Shè hóng ShìShehong, a county-level city in Suining City 遂宁市
• 景洪市Jǐng hóng ShìJinghong, a county-level city in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture 西双版纳傣族自治州
• 王洪文Wáng Hóng wénWang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four
• 宽洪大度kuān hóng dà dùmagnanimous; generous; broad-minded
• 宽洪大量kuān hóng dà liàngmagnanimous; generous; broad-minded
• 泄洪xiè hóngto release flood water; flood discharge
• 葛洪Gě HóngGe Hong (283–363), Jin dynasty Daoist and alchemist, author of 抱朴子
• 邓亮洪dèng liàng hóngTang Liang Hong (opposition candidate in Jan 1996 Singapore elections)
• 泄洪闸xiè hóng zhásluice-gate; flood discharge valve
• 泗洪县Sì hóng XiànSihong, a county in Suqian City 宿迁市
• 于洪Yú hóngsee 于洪区
• 射洪Shè hóngsee 射洪市
• 景洪Jǐng hóngsee 景洪市
• 泗洪Sì hóngsee 泗洪县

Characters built on 共

These share the phonetic component 共 (gòng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 供gōngto provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
• 恭gōngrespectful
• 烘hōngto bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast
• 拱gǒngto cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch
• 哄hōngroar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)
• 龚Gōngsurname Gong
• 珙gǒng(gem)
• 栱gǒngpost

Characters that look like 洪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 烘hōngto bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast
• 拱gǒngto cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch
• 狒fèihamadryad baboon
• 涧jiànmountain stream

Sounds the same

Read hóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 红red; popular; revolutionary
• 虹rainbow
• 宏great; magnificent; macro (computing)
• 鸿eastern bean goose; great; large
• 弘great; liberal
• 闳big; gate
• 泓clear; vast and deep; classifier for a body of clear water
• 浤sound of water surging
• 竑large; to estimate
• 翃to swarm (of insects)
• 纮cord for hat; vast
• 黉school