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Hóng

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Hóng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Hóng | Hong2
English translation
surname Hong
flood
big
great
deluge, flood; immense, vast

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About Hóng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Hóng

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

All  gòng the water  shuǐ gòng also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of Hóng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵共

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Example sentences using Hóng

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Hóng Shuǐ 十二 shí èr 英尺 yīng chǐ Gāo de Shuǐ yǒng lái .

The flood came in a wall of water twelve feet high.

这时 zhè shí 缓缓 huǎn huǎn de zài 树干 shù gàn 矮树 aǐ shù jiān piāo zhāo , yòu dào bèi 洪水 hóngshuǐ 淹没 yānmò de 陆地 lùdì shǎng .

Slowly now it floated among logs and brushwood and over the flooded land.

Cóng 1915 Nián chūn 开始 kāishǐ , 他们 tā men de 文章 wénzhāng 书籍 shūjí xiàng 洪水 hóngshuǐ 一般 yībān 泛滥 fànlàn .

Beginning in the spring of 1915, they poured out articles and books in a virtual flood.

部长 bù zhǎng 穷于应付 yìngfu xiàng 洪水 hóngshuǐ bān yǒng lái de 问题 wèntí .

The minister was deluged with questions.

可是 kěshì , Néng 闯过 chuǎng guò Chē de 洪流 hóng liú rén 的洪流 ?

But can you traverse the stream?

Words with Hóng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
洪水 hóngshuǐ deluge洪水 hóngshuǐ
Hóng flood Hóng
防洪 fáng hóng flood control防洪 fáng hóng
洪都拉斯 Hóng dū lā sī Honduras洪都拉斯 Hóng dū lā sī
洪流 hóng liú a powerful current洪流 hóng liú
洪涝 hóng lào flood洪澇
洪灾 hóng zāi flood洪災
山洪 shān hóng mountain flash flood山洪 shān hóng
洪亮 hóng liàng resonant洪亮 hóng liàng
抗洪 kàng hóng to fight a flood抗洪 kàng hóng
洪武 Hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 Zhū Yuán zhāng [Zhū​Yuán​zhāng] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, Temple name 明太祖 Míng Tài zǔ [Míng​Tài​zǔ]洪武 Hóng wǔ
泄洪 xiè hóng flood discharge洩洪
洪水猛兽 hóng shuǐ měng shòu fig. great scourges洪水猛獸
李洪志 Lǐ Hóng zhì Li Hongzhi (1951-), founder of Falun Gong 法輪功|法轮功 Fǎ lún gōng [Fǎ​lún​gōng]李洪志 Lǐ Hóng zhì
洪门 Hóng mén Tiandihui (Chinese fraternal organization)洪門
王洪文 Wáng Hóng wén Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four王洪文 Wáng Hóng wén
洪湖 Hóng hú Honghu county level city in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州 Jīng zhōu [Jīng​zhōu], Hubei洪湖 Hóng hú
洪秀全 Hóng Xiù quán Hong Xiuquan or Hung Hsiu-ch'üan (1814-1864), leader of the Taiping rebellion or Taiping Heavenly Kingdom洪秀全 Hóng Xiù quán

Hóng Decomposition & Compounds

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Hóng Decomposition

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Hóng Compounds

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