| 1 | 鸿胪寺 | 鴻臚寺 | hóng lú sì | hong2 lu2 si4 | (archaic) office in charge of ceremony and protocol | | |
| 2 | 鸿 | 鴻 | hóng | hong2 | eastern bean goose; great; large | | |
| 3 | 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) | | |
| 4 | 鸿福 | 鴻福 | hóng fú | hong2 fu2 | variant of 洪福 | | |
| 5 | 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 | | |
| 6 | 鸿海 | 鴻海 | hóng hǎi | Hong2 hai3 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Taiwan technology company, aka Foxconn | | |
| 7 | 鸿鹄 | 鴻鵠 | hóng hú | hong2 hu2 | swan; person with noble aspirations | | |
| 8 | 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 | | |
| 9 | 鸿毛泰山 | 鴻毛泰山 | hóng máo tài shān | hong2 mao2 Tai4 Shan1 | lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another | | |
| 10 | 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 | | |
| 11 | 鸿图 | 鴻圖 | hóng tú | hong2 tu2 | variant of 宏图 | | |
| 12 | 鸿图大计 | 鴻圖大計 | hóng tú dà jì | hong2 tu2 da4 ji4 | important large scale project | | |
| 13 | 鸿雁 | 鴻雁 | hóng yàn | hong2 yan4 | (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) | | |
| 14 | 鸿运 | 鴻運 | hóng yùn | hong2 yun4 | variant of 红运 | | |
| 15 | 鸿章 | 鴻章 | hóng zhāng | Hong2 zhang1 | Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat | | |