English
- crane
- crane
- pronunciation of 鶴 in some collocations, usually not at the final
- crane, a bird
- Grus species (various)
粵語
- 「鶴」喺某啲配搭嘅讀音,通常唔喺最尾
- 一種比較大型嘅雀,有好長嘅腳同頸,通常都係白色同淺灰色(量詞:隻)
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 鶴
- 白鶴baak6 hok2
(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
- 鶴嘴鋤hok6 zeoi2 co4
pickax
- 火鶴fo2 hok6
flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
- 灰鶴fui1 hok6
(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
- 乘鶴sing4 hok6
to fly on a crane
- 鶴佬hok6 lou2
an ethnic group who speaks Min language; Hoklo
- 塘鶴tong4 hok2
pelican
- 塘邊鶴tong4 bin1 hok2
it is a Chinese two-part allegorical phrase. Literally, a crane near the pond, which will target the food to eat. Nowaday, people tend to use it to describe a spectator or someone who sits on the side and doesn't get involved be it in sports, politics, etc.
- 鶴鷸hok6 wat6
(bird species of China) spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus)
- 劏白鶴tong1 baak6 hok6
drunk; hangover (slang)
- 鶴山hok6 saan1
see 鶴山區|鹤山区[He4 shan1 Qu1]
- 鶴城hok6 sing4
see 鶴城區|鹤城区[He4 cheng2 Qu1]
- 紅鶴hung4 hok2
Flamingo
- 鶴嘴hok6 zeoi2
Cape D'Aguilar
- 紙鶴zi2 hok6
paper crane
- 騎鶴ke4 hok6
to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)
- 鶴峰hok6 fung1
see 鶴峰縣|鹤峰县[He4 feng1 Xian4]
- 仙鶴sin1 hok6
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
- 鶴慶hok6 hing3
see 鶴慶縣|鹤庆县[He4 qing4 Xian4]
- 跨鶴kwaa3 hok6
to die
- 鶴壁hok6 bik1
see 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[He4 bi4 Shi4]
- 鶴崗hok6 gong1
see 鶴崗市|鹤岗市[He4 gang3 Shi4]
- 天鶴座tin1 hok6 zo6
Grus (constellation)
- 黃鶴樓wong4 hok6 lau4
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985