| 红 | hóng | bonus; popular; red; revolutionary |
| 红军 | Hóng Jūn | Red Army |
| 红色 | hóng sè | red (color); revolutionary |
| 红旗 | hóng qí | red flag; CL:面; Red flag city district; Hongqi district of Xinxiang city 新乡市, Henan |
| 红茶 | hóng chá | black tea; CL:杯,壶 |
| 红楼梦 | Hóng lóu mèng | A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹, one of the four great novels |
| 粉红 | fěn hóng | pink |
| 红花 | hóng huā | safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) |
| 红血球 | hóng xuè qiú | erythrocyte; red blood cell |
| 红海 | Hóng Hǎi | Red Sea |
| 通红 | tōng hóng | very red; red through and through; to blush (deep red) |
| 东方红 | dōng fāng hóng | The East is red (Dongfanghong), north Shaanxi folk song |
| 鲜红 | xiān hóng | scarlet; bright red |
| 红外线 | hóng wài xiàn | infrared ray |
| 红细胞 | hóng xì bāo | erythrocyte; red blood cell |
| 红卫兵 | hóng wèi bīng | Red Guards (during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976) |
| 红线 | hóng xiàn | red line |
| 红木 | hóng mù | red wood; mahogany; rosewood; padauk |
| 发红 | fā hóng | flush (face) |
| 脸红 | liǎn hóng | to blush; to redden (with shame, indignation etc) |
| 血红蛋白 | xuè hóng dàn bái | hemoglobin |
| 红心 | hóng xīn | heart ♥ (in card games); red, heart-shaped symbol; bullseye |
| 红星 | hóng xīng | red star; five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat; hot film star; Hongxing district of Yichun city 伊春市, Heilongjiang |
| 变红 | biàn hóng | redden |
| 红磷 | hóng lín | red phosphorus |
| 红糖 | hóng táng | dark brown sugar; molasses |
| 红叶 | hóng yè | red autumnal leaves |
| 红领巾 | hóng lǐng jīn | red neckscarf; by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers |
| 桃红 | táo hóng | pink |
| 分红 | fēn hóng | a bonus; to award a bonus |
| 萧红 | Xiāo Hóng | Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang |
| 西红柿 | xī hóng shì | tomato; CL:只 |
| 五星红旗 | wǔ xīng hóng qí | five-starred red flag (PRC national flag) |
| 红烧 | hóng shāo | simmer-fried (dish) |
| 红薯 | hóng shǔ | sweet potato |
| 红火 | hóng huǒ | prosperous |
| 火红 | huǒ hóng | fiery; blazing |
| 红河 | Hóng hé | Honghe county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan; Red River in China; Northern Vietnam |
| 花红 | huā hóng | flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc); a bonus; crab apple (Malus asiatica) |
| 满江红 | Mǎn jiāng hóng | Man Jiang Hong (Chinese poems) |
| 红曲 | hóng qū | red food dye made from yeast |
| 朱红 | zhū hóng | vermilion |
| 眼红 | yǎn hóng | to covet; envious; jealous; green with envy; infuriated; furious |
| 红树林 | hóng shù lín | mangrove forest or swamp |
| 红润 | hóng rùn | ruddy; rosy; florid |
| 红肿 | hóng zhǒng | inflamed; red and swollen |
| 万紫千红 | wàn zǐ qiān hóng | thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color; fig. a profusion of flourishing trades |
| 红颜 | hóng yán | a beautiful woman; young beauties; youths; rosy cheeks |
| 红脸 | hóng liǎn | to blush; to turn red |
| 红树 | hóng shù | red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle); CL:棵 |
