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Definitions

  1. 1. crane

Words Containing 鹤

鹤山市
hè shān shì

Heshan, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong

鹤佬人
hè lǎo rén

Hoklo people, southern Chinese people of Taiwan

骑鹤上扬州
qí hè shàng yáng zhōu

lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position

驾鹤西归
jià hè xī guī

see 駕鶴西去|驾鹤西去[jià hè xī qù]

赤颈鹤
chì jǐng hè

(bird species of China) sarus crane (Grus antigone)

松鹤遐龄
sōng hè xiá líng

longevity

跨鹤扬州
kuà hè yáng zhōu

lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou

鹤城
hè chéng

Hecheng district of Huaihua city 懷化市|怀化市[huái huà shì], Hunan

驾鹤成仙
jià hè chéng xiān

to fly on a crane and become immortal

鹤俸
hè fèng

an official's emolument

驾鹤西去
jià hè xī qù

lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise

乘鹤
chéng hè

to fly on a crane

风声鹤唳
fēng shēng hè lì

lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom)

鹤嘴锄
hè zuǐ chú

pickax

焚琴煮鹤
fén qín zhǔ hè

lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes

鹤岗
hè gǎng

Hegang prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China

跨鹤
kuà hè

to die

鹤峰县
hè fēng xiàn

Hefeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[ēn shī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei

黑颈鹤
hēi jǐng hè

(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

杜荀鹤
dù xún hè

Du Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet

灰鹤
huī hè

(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)

鹤立鸡群
hè lì jī qún

a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common

丹顶鹤
dān dǐng hè

(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)

鹤庆
hè qìng

Heqing county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[dà lǐ bái zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

骑鹤化
qí hè huà

(Daoism) to die

鹤城区
hè chéng qū

Hecheng district of Huaihua city 懷化市|怀化市[huái huà shì], Hunan

鹤壁
hè bì

Hebi prefecture-level city in Henan

白头鹤
bái tóu hè

(bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha)

槛花笼鹤
jiàn huā lóng hè

a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner

白枕鹤
bái zhěn hè

(bird species of China) white-naped crane (Grus vipio)

跨鹤西游
kuà hè xī yóu

to die

火鹤
huǒ hè

flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)

白鹤
bái hè

(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)

沙丘鹤
shā qiū hè

(bird species of China) sandhill crane (Grus canadensis)

蓑羽鹤
suō yǔ hè

(bird species of China) demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)

鹤庆县
hè qìng xiàn

Heqing county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[dà lǐ bái zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

纸鹤
zhǐ hè

paper crane

白鹤滩
bái hè tān

Baihetan, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江[jīn shā jiāng] at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan

骑鹤
qí hè

to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)

鹤岗市
hè gǎng shì

Hegang prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China

白鹤梁
bái hè liáng

White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings

天鹤座
tiān hè zuò

Grus (constellation)

白鹤拳
bái hè quán

Baihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form

黄鹤楼
huáng hè lóu

Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985

鹤峰
hè fēng

Hefeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[ēn shī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei

火鹤花
huǒ hè huā

flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)

仙鹤
xiān hè

red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)

鹤山
hè shān

Heshan district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[hè bì shì], Henan

驾鹤西游
jià hè xī yóu

see 駕鶴西去|驾鹤西去[jià hè xī qù]

杳如黄鹤
yǎo rú huáng hè

to be gone forever (idiom)

一琴一鹤
yī qín yī hè

carrying very little luggage (idiom)

鹤鹬
hè yù

(bird species of China) spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus)

鹤山区
hè shān qū

Heshan district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[hè bì shì], Henan

鹤壁市
hè bì shì

Hebi prefecture-level city in Henan