| 1 | 李鸿章 | 李鴻章 | lǐ hóng zhāng | Li3 Hong2 zhang1 | Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat | | |
| 2 | 徐悲鸿 | 徐悲鴻 | xú bēi hóng | Xu2 Bei1 hong2 | Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European trained painter and influential art teacher | | |
| 3 | 鸿胪寺 | 鴻臚寺 | hóng lú sì | hong2 lu2 si4 | (archaic) office in charge of ceremony and protocol | | |
| 4 | 鸿鹄 | 鴻鵠 | hóng hú | hong2 hu2 | swan; person with noble aspirations | | |
| 5 | 疾忌鸿才 | 疾忌鴻才 | jí jì hóng cái | ji2 ji4 hong2 cai2 | to be jealous of great talents (idiom) | | |
| 6 | 黄飞鸿 | 黃飛鴻 | huáng fēi hóng | Huang2 Fei1 hong2 | Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master | | |
| 7 | 鸿章 | 鴻章 | hóng zhāng | Hong2 zhang1 | Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat | | |
| 8 | 鸿雁 | 鴻雁 | hóng yàn | hong2 yan4 | (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) | | |
| 9 | 鸿图大计 | 鴻圖大計 | hóng tú dà jì | hong2 tu2 da4 ji4 | important large scale project | | |
| 10 | 鸿图 | 鴻圖 | hóng tú | hong2 tu2 | variant of 宏图 | | |
| 11 | 鸿门宴 | 鴻門宴 | hóng mén yàn | Hong2 men2 Yan4 | Feast at Hongmen; (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 刘邦 | | |
| 12 | 张二鸿 | 張二鴻 | zhāng èr hóng | Zhang1 Er4 hong2 | Jung Chang 张戎 | | |
| 13 | 鸿毛泰岱 | 鴻毛泰岱 | hóng máo tài dài | hong2 mao2 tai4 dai4 | light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another | | |
| 14 | 哀鸿遍野 | 哀鴻遍野 | āi hóng biàn yě | ai1 hong2 bian4 ye3 | lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land | | |
| 15 | 鸿海 | 鴻海 | hóng hǎi | Hong2 hai3 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn | | |
| 16 | 鸿沟 | 鴻溝 | hóng gōu | hong2 gou1 | (fig.) gulf; chasm; wide gap; (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚 and Han 汉 | | |
| 17 | 鸿福 | 鴻福 | hóng fú | hong2 fu2 | variant of 洪福 | | |
| 18 | 鸿飞冥冥 | 鴻飛冥冥 | hóng fēi míng míng | hong2 fei1 ming2 ming2 | to run away without leaving any trace behind (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 鸿 | 鴻 | hóng | hong2 | eastern bean goose; great; large | | |
| 20 | 辜鸿铭 | 辜鴻銘 | gū hóng míng | Gu1 Hong2 ming2 | 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 | | |
| 21 | 飞鸿雪爪 | 飛鴻雪爪 | fēi hóng xuě zhuǎ | fei1 hong2 xue3 zhua3 | see 雪泥鸿爪 | | |
| 22 | 飞鸿踏雪 | 飛鴻踏雪 | fēi hóng tà xuě | fei1 hong2 ta4 xue3 | see 雪泥鸿爪 | | |
| 23 | 大鸿胪 | 大鴻臚 | dà hóng lú | da4 hong2 lu2 | Grand Herald in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 | | |
| 24 | 崔鸿 | 崔鴻 | cuī hóng | Cui1 Hong2 | Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 | | |
| 25 | 博学鸿儒 | 博學鴻儒 | bó xué hóng rú | bo2 xue2 hong2 ru2 | a profound scholar (idiom) | | |