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Trad. 白鶴
- (bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
Trad. 鶴慶
- Heqing county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
Trad. 丹頂鶴
- (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
Trad. 沙丘鶴
- (bird species of China) sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)
Trad. 黑頸鶴
- (bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
Trad. 赤頸鶴
- (bird species of China) sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
Trad. 白枕鶴
- (bird species of China) white-naped crane (Antigone vipio)
Trad. 白頭鶴
- (bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha)
Trad. 白鶴拳
- Baihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form
Trad. 白鶴梁
- White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings
Trad. 白鶴灘
- Baihetan, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 Jiang1] at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan
Trad. 鶴佬人
- Hoklo people, southern Chinese people of Taiwan
Trad. 鶴城區
- Hecheng, a district of Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan
Trad. 鶴壁市
- Hebi, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]
Trad. 鶴山區
- Heshan, a district of Hebi City 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[He4 bi4 Shi4], Henan
Trad. 鶴山市
- Heshan, a county-level city in Jiangmen City 江門市|江门市[Jiang1 men2 Shi4], Guangdong
Trad. 鶴峰縣
- Hefeng, a county in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
Trad. 蓑羽鶴
- (bird species of China) demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)
Trad. 鶴崗市
- Hegang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]
Trad. 鶴慶縣
- Heqing county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
Trad. 黃鶴樓
- Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985
- favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes
- Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return'
- one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
Trad. 駕鶴成仙
- to fly on a crane and become immortal
Trad. 駕鶴西去
- lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise
- fig. to pass away (idiom)
Trad. 風聲鶴唳
- lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom)
- fig. to panic at the slightest move
- to be jittery
Trad. 閒雲野鶴
- (idiom) free spirit; person who leads a carefree, unfettered life
Trad. 跨鶴揚州
- lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou
- to become a Daoist immortal
- to die
Trad. 杳如黃鶴
- to be gone forever (idiom)
- to disappear without a trace
Trad. 檻花籠鶴
- a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
Trad. 鶴立雞群
- a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common
- manifestly superior
Trad. 一琴一鶴
- carrying very little luggage (idiom)
- honest and incorruptible (government officials)
Trad. 焚琴煮鶴
- lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes
- fig. to waste valuable resources
- to destroy wantonly beautiful things
Trad. 騎鶴上揚州
- lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position