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Trad. 紅麴
- red yeast (so called, although it's actually a mold, not a yeast), a fermentation product created by culturing rice with the mold Monascus purpureus, producing red pigments and bioactive compounds, used in food for its color, as a flavor enhancer, and for its health benefits
Trad. 紅原
- Hongyuan County (Tibetan: rka khog rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
Trad. 紅學
- "Redology", academic field devoted to the study of A Dream of Red Mansions
Trad. 紅客
- "honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest
Trad. 紅星
- red star
- five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat
- hot film star
Trad. 漲紅
- to turn red (in the face)
- to flush (with embarrassment or anger)
Trad. 紅暈
- a reddish flush on the face (as from emotion, health or exertion); a rosy tint (on clouds, flowers or water)
Trad. 紅橋
- Hongqiao district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]
Trad. 紅機
- red phone, a telephone in the secure internal phone system used by the CCP elite
Trad. 紅檜
- Formosan cypress, aka Taiwan red cedar (Chamaecyparis formosensis)
Trad. 紅河
- Red River, principal river of northern Vietnam, originating in Yunnan (southwestern China)
Trad. 紅河
- see 紅河哈尼族彝族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 he2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
- see 紅河縣|红河县[Hong2 he2 Xian4]
Trad. 紅海
- (neologism) highly competitive market (contrasted with 藍海|蓝海[lan2 hai3])
Trad. 描紅
- to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)
- paper printed with red characters to trace over
Trad. 紅牙
- clappers (musical instrument used to mark the time, made from ivory or hardwood and painted red)
Trad. 紅盤
- (of a stock price or market index) currently higher than at the previous day's close
Trad. 紅眼
- to become infuriated
- to see red
- envious
- jealous
- covetous
- pink eye (conjunctivitis)
- red-eye (flight)(photography) red eye
Trad. 走紅
- to be popular
- to be in luck
- to have good luck
- to develop smoothly
Trad. 紅股
- (economics) bonus stock or share, i.e. share issued fully or partly paid to an existing shareholder in a company, generally on a pro rata basis
Trad. 見紅
- (coll.) to bleed (esp. vaginal bleeding)
- to suffer a financial loss
Trad. 套紅
- printing portions of a page (e.g. a banner headline) in red (or other color)
Trad. 蕭紅
- Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang
Trad. 紅蛋
- red-dyed egg, traditionally given to friends and relatives one month after the birth of one's child
Trad. 紅軍
- Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA
- (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946)
Trad. 花紅
- Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica)
- gift for a wedding or other happy occasion
- bonus (extra pay, typically given at year-end)
Trad. 紅通
- (Interpol) red notice
- abbr. for 紅色通緝令|红色通缉令[hong2 se4 tong1 ji1 ling4]
Trad. 網紅
- Internet celebrity; influencer
- (attributive) popular on the Internet
Trad. 紅不讓
- home run (loanword)
- a big hit (hugely popular) (Tw)
Trad. 紅五類
- the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs
Trad. 紅馬甲
- red waistcoat
- (stock market) floor trader; floor broker
Trad. 紅魔鬼
- Red Devils, nickname of Manchester United Football Club
Trad. 紅原縣
- Hongyuan County (Tibetan: rka khog rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
Trad. 紅原雞
- (bird species of China) red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
Trad. 紅古區
- Honggu, a district of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
Trad. 紅喉鷚
- (bird species of China) red-throated pipit (Anthus cervinus)
Trad. 朱紅燈
- Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
Trad. 紅嘴鷗
- (bird species of China) black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Trad. 紅嘴鸏
- (bird species of China) red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
Trad. 紅塔區
- Hongta district of Yuxi city 玉溪市[Yu4 xi1 shi4], Yunnan
Trad. 曾慶紅
- Zeng Qinghong (1939-), vice-president of PRC 2003-2008
Trad. 紅姑娘
- Chinese lantern plant
- winter cherry
- strawberry ground-cherry
- Physalis alkekengi
Trad. 紅安縣
- Hong'an, a county in Huanggang City 黃岡市|黄冈市[Huang2 gang1 Shi4], Hubei
Trad. 紅寶書
- the "Little Red Book" of selected writings of Mao Zedong (refers to 毛主席語錄|毛主席语录[Mao2 Zhu3 xi2 Yu3 lu4])
Trad. 紅寺堡
- Hongsibao district of Wuzhong city 吳忠市|吴忠市[Wu2 zhong1 shi4], Ningxia
Trad. 紅尾鶇
- (bird species of China) Naumann's thrush (Turdus naumanni)
Trad. 紅尾鸏
- (bird species of China) red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
Trad. 闖紅燈
- to run a red light
- failing to stop at a red traffic light
- (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating
Trad. 紅山區
- Hongshan, a district of Chifeng City 赤峰市[Chi4 feng1 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
Trad. 青紅幫
- traditional secret society, Chinese equivalent of Freemasons
Trad. 紅崗區
- Honggang, a district of Daqing City 大慶市|大庆市[Da4 qing4 Shi4], Heilongjiang
Trad. 紅巾軍
- the Red Turbans, peasant rebellion at the end of the Yuan dynasty
Trad. 紅旗區
- Hongqi, a district of Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan
Trad. 紅星區
- Hongxing, a district of Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
Trad. 紅樓夢
- A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels