hóng
Traditional: 鴻
鸿 (hóng) is a Chinese word meaning “eastern bean goose; great; large”.
Meanings
- 1eastern bean goose
- 2great
- 3large
Related words
鸿沟(fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap鸿运variant of 紅運|红运[hong2 yun4]黄飞鸿Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master鸿门宴Hongmen feast鸿鹄swan哀鸿遍野lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims大鸿胪minister responsible for foreign relations and court protocol in imperial China惊鸿graceful (esp. of female posture)来鸿incoming letter (literary)来鸿去燕lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move燕雀安知鸿鹄之志lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志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?