Meaning
flood
Chinese: 洪水，也表示大。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “hong” becomes a different word in each tone. 洪 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 洪水hóng shuǐdeluge; flood
- 洪亮hóng liàngloud and clear; resonant
- 分洪fēn hóngto separate flood; flood defense
- 山洪shān hóngdeluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt
- 洪流hóng liúa powerful current; a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)
Example Sentence
这场大雨引发了一场洪水。Zhè chǎng dà yǔ yǐn fā le yì chǎng hóng shuǐ.This heavy rain triggered a flood.
这Zhèthis场chǎngthreshing floor大雨dà yǔheavy rain引发yǐn fāto lead to了le(completed action)一yìone场chǎngthreshing floor洪水hóng shuǐdeluge。