Hong
红紅虹
Depends on the character: most often 红/紅 (hóng), "red", though 虹 "rainbow", 弘 "great, expansive" and 鸿/鴻 "wild swan, vast" share the same sound.
Meaning and origin
Hong covers a group of characters all pronounced hóng in Mandarin.
How to pronounce Hong
| Mandarin | HOHNG (rising tone) /xʊŋ˧˥/ |
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