| 鸿 | [ hóng ] eastern bean goose, great, large |
| 鸿图 | [ hóng tú ] variant of 宏圖|宏图[hong2 tu2] |
| 鸿图大计 | [ hóng tú dà jì ] important large scale project |
| 鸿毛泰山 | [ hóng maó taì shān ] 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 |
| 鸿毛泰岱 | [ hóng maó taì daì ] light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another |
| 鸿海 | [ hóng haǐ ] Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn |
| 鸿沟 | [ hóng goū ] (fig.) gulf, chasm, wide gap, (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 漢|汉 |
| 鸿福 | [ hóng fú ] variant of 洪福[hong2 fu2] |
| 鸿章 | [ hóng zhāng ] Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat |
| 鸿胪寺 | [ hóng lú sì ] (archaic) office in charge of ceremony and protocol |
| 鸿运 | [ hóng yùn ] variant of 紅運|红运[hong2 yun4] |
| 鸿门宴 | [ hóng mén yàn ] Hongmen feast, (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[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] |
| 鸿雁 | [ hóng yàn ] (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) |
| 鸿鹄 | [ hóng hú ] swan, person with noble aspirations |
| ⇒ 来鸿 | [ laí hóng ] incoming letter (literary) |
| ⇒ 来鸿去燕 | [ laí hóng qù yàn ] lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move |
| ⇒ 哀鸿遍野 | [ aī hóng biàn yě ] lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims, starving people fill the land |
| ⇒ 大鸿胪 | [ dà hóng lú ] Grand Herald in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1] |
| ⇒ 崔鸿 | [ cuī hóng ] Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 |
| ⇒ 张二鸿 | [ zhāng èr hóng ] Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] 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[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5] |
| ⇒ 徐悲鸿 | [ xú beī hóng ] Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher |
| ⇒ 李鸿章 | [ lǐ hóng zhāng ] Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat |
| ⇒ 李鸿章杂碎 | [ lǐ hóng zhāng zá sui ] chop suey (American Chinese dish) |
| ⇒ 波鸿 | [ bō hóng ] Bochum (city in Germany) |
| ⇒ 泰山鸿毛 | [ taì shān hóng maó ] as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death) |
| ⇒ 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 | [ yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì ] 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 | [ yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì ] 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? |
| ⇒ 纳鸿 | [ nà hóng ] Nahum |
| ⇒ 轻于鸿毛 | [ qīng yú hóng maó ] light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling, unimportant |
| ⇒ 辜鸿铭 | [ gū hóng míng ] 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 |
| ⇒ 远方来鸿 | [ yuǎn fāng laí hóng ] letter from afar (literary) |
| ⇒ 那鸿书 | [ nà hóng shū ] Book of Nahum |
| ⇒ 雪泥鸿爪 | [ xuě ní hóng zhaǒ ] a goose's footprint in the snow, vestiges of the past (idiom), the fleeting nature of human life (idiom) |
| ⇒ 飞鸿踏雪 | [ feī hóng tà xuě ] see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3] |
| ⇒ 飞鸿雪爪 | [ feī hóng xuě zhaǒ ] see 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3] |
| ⇒ 惊鸿 | [ jīng hóng ] graceful (esp. of female posture), lithe |
| ⇒ 黄飞鸿 | [ huáng feī hóng ] Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master |
