pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
鸿
鴻
hong2
eastern bean goose; great; large
strokes
17
radical
strokes after radical
6
哀鸿遍野
哀鴻遍野
ai1 hong2 bian4 ye3
lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land
波鸿
波鴻
bo1 hong2
Bochum (city in Germany)
崔鸿
崔鴻
cui1 hong2
Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
大鸿胪
大鴻臚
da4 hong2 lu2
Grand Herald in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿
飞鸿踏雪
飛鴻踏雪
fei1 hong2 ta4 xue3
see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪
飞鸿雪爪
飛鴻雪爪
fei1 hong2 xue3 zhua3
see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪
辜鸿铭
辜鴻銘
gu1 hong2 ming2
Ku Hung-ming or Gu Hongming (1857-1928), Malaysian man of letters, highly regarded for his literary works written mostly in English, and known for his monarchist views
鸿福
鴻福
hong2 fu2
variant of 洪福
鸿沟
鴻溝
hong2 gou1
wide gap; gulf; chasm; lit. name of old canal in Henan that formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢|汉
鸿海
鴻海
hong2 hai3
Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company
鸿鹄
鴻鵠
hong2 hu2
swan; person with noble aspirations
鸿毛泰岱
鴻毛泰岱
hong2 mao2 tai4 dai4
light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
鸿毛泰山
鴻毛泰山
hong2 mao2 tai4 shan1
lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
鸿门宴
鴻門宴
hong2 men2 yan4
Feast at Hongmen; (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest; refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽
鸿图
鴻圖
hong2 tu2
variant of 宏圖|宏图
鸿图大计
鴻圖大計
hong2 tu2 da4 ji4
important large scale project
鸿雁
鴻雁
hong2 yan4
(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
鸿运
鴻運
hong2 yun4
variant of 紅運|红运
鸿章
鴻章
hong2 zhang1
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
黄飞鸿
黃飛鴻
huang2 fei1 hong2
Wong Fei Hung (1847-1924), famous martial artist and revolutionary
惊鸿
驚鴻
jing1 hong2
graceful (esp. of female posture); lithe
来鸿
來鴻
lai2 hong2
incoming letter (literary)
来鸿去燕
來鴻去燕
lai2 hong2 qu4 yan4
lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
李鸿章
李鴻章
li3 hong2 zhang1
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
纳鸿
納鴻
na4 hong2
Nahum
那鸿书
那鴻書
na4 hong2 shu1
Book of Nahum
轻于鸿毛
輕於鴻毛
qing1 yu2 hong2 mao2
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling; unimportant
泰山鸿毛
泰山鴻毛
tai4 shan1 hong2 mao2
as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
徐悲鸿
徐悲鴻
xu2 bei1 hong2
Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European trained painter and influential art teacher
雪泥鸿爪
雪泥鴻爪
xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3
a goose's footprint in the snow; vestiges of the past (idiom); the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
燕雀安知鴻鵠之志
yan4 que4 an1 zhi1 hong2 hu2 zhi1 zhi4
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志
yan4 que4 yan1 zhi1 hong2 gu3 zhi1 zhi4
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
远方来鸿
遠方來鴻
yuan3 fang1 lai2 hong2
letter from afar (literary)
张二鸿
張二鴻
zhang1 er4 hong2
Jung Chang 張戎|张戎 (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅 and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事