| 1 | 红 | 紅 | hóng | hong2 | red; popular; revolutionary; bonus; surname Hong | | |
| 2 | 红军 | 紅軍 | hóng jūn | Hong2 jun1 | Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA; (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946) | | |
| 3 | 红色 | 紅色 | hóng sè | hong2 se4 | red (color); revolutionary | | |
| 4 | 红旗 | 紅旗 | hóng qí | Hong2 qi2 | red flag; Classifiers: 面 ; Hongqi district of Xinxiang city 新乡市 , Henan | | |
| 5 | 红楼梦 | 紅樓夢 | hóng lóu mèng | Hong2 lou2 Meng4 | A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹 , one of the four great novels | | |
| 6 | 红细胞 | 紅細胞 | hóng xì bāo | hong2 xi4 bao1 | erythrocyte; red blood cell | | |
| 7 | 红叶 | 紅葉 | hóng yè | hong2 ye4 | red autumnal leaves | | |
| 8 | 红花 | 紅花 | hóng huā | hong2 hua1 | safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) | | |
| 9 | 红外 | 紅外 | hóng wài | hong2 wai4 | infrared (ray) | | |
| 10 | 红灯 | 紅燈 | hóng dēng | hong2 deng1 | red light | | |
| 11 | 红外线 | 紅外線 | hóng wài xiàn | hong2 wai4 xian4 | infrared ray | | |
| 12 | 红润 | 紅潤 | hóng rùn | hong2 run4 | ruddy; rosy; florid | | |
| 13 | 红领巾 | 紅領巾 | hóng lǐng jīn | hong2 ling3 jin1 | red neckscarf; by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers | | |
| 14 | 红名单 | 紅名單 | hóng míng dān | hong2 ming2 dan1 | whitelist | | |
| 15 | 红黑名单 | 紅黑名單 | hóng hēi míng dān | hong2 hei1 ming2 dan1 | whitelist and blacklist, i.e. 红名单 and 黑名单 | | |
| 16 | 红人 | 紅人 | hóng rén | hong2 ren2 | a favorite of sb in power; a celebrity; American Indian | | |
| 17 | 红色旅游 | 紅色旅遊 | hóng sè lǚ yóu | hong2 se4 lu:3 you2 | red tourism, focused on sites in China associated with the Communist Revolution | | |
| 18 | 红汞 | 紅汞 | hóng gǒng | hong2 gong3 | merbromin; mercurochrome | | |
| 19 | 红药水 | 紅藥水 | hóng yào shuǐ | hong2 yao4 shui3 | mercurochrome (antiseptic solution) | | |
| 20 | 红宝书 | 紅寶書 | hóng bǎo shū | Hong2 bao3 shu1 | the "Little Red Book" of selected writings of Mao Zedong (refers to 毛主席语录 ) | | |
| 21 | 红背伯劳 | 紅背伯勞 | hóng bèi bó láo | hong2 bei4 bo2 lao2 | (bird species of China) red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) | | |
| 22 | 红背红尾鸲 | 紅背紅尾鴝 | hóng bèi hóng wěi qú | hong2 bei4 hong2 wei3 qu2 | (bird species of China) rufous-backed redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus) | | |
| 23 | 红斑 | 紅斑 | hóng bān | hong2 ban1 | erythema (pathol.); rash in red patches | | |
| 24 | 红白喜事 | 紅白喜事 | hóng bái xǐ shì | hong2 bai2 xi3 shi4 | weddings and funerals | | |
| 25 | 红肠 | 紅腸 | hóng cháng | hong2 chang2 | saveloy | | |