Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 鶴

crane

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

to die
to fly on a crane

Hecheng district of Huaihua city 懷化市／怀化市 ( Huáihuàshì), Hunan

an official's emolument

Hebi prefecture-level city in Henan

to fly on a crane
to die

red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)

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

Heshan district of Hebi city 鶴壁市／鹤壁市 ( Hèbìshì), Henan
Heshan, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門／江门, Guangdong

Hefeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 ( Enshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu), Hubei

paper crane

Hegang prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng) in northeast China

Heqing county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 ( Dàlǐ Báizúzìzhìzhōu), Yunnan

to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)

flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)

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

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

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

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

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

(Daoism) to die

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

Hoklo people, southern Chinese people of Taiwan

Grus (constellation)

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

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

Baihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form

Hecheng district of Huaihua city 懷化市／怀化市 ( Huáihuàshì), Hunan

Hebi prefecture-level city in Henan

Heshan district of Hebi city 鶴壁市／鹤壁市 ( Hèbìshì), Henan

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

pickax

Baihetan, the name of a hydroelectric dam on the Jinsha River 金沙江 ( Jīnshājiāng) at a point where the river forms a border between Yunnan and Sichuan

flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)

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

Hegang prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江／黑龙江 ( Hēilóngjiāng) in northeast China

Du Xunhe (846-904), Tang poet

Heqing county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 ( Dàlǐ Báizúzìzhìzhōu), Yunnan

Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985
favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes
Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥／崔颢 ( Cuī Hào), with theme 'the past will never return'
one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓／岳阳楼 ( Yuèyáng Lóu) in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣／滕王阁 ( Téngwáng Gé) in Nanchang, Jiangxi

Hefeng County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 ( Enshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu), Hubei

jiàhèchéngxiān

to fly on a crane and become immortal

fénqínzhǔhè

lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes
fig. to waste valuable resources
to destroy wantonly beautiful things

to die

lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise
fig. to pass away (idiom)

sōnghèxiálíng

longevity

fēngshēnghèlì

lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom)
fig. to panic at the slightest move
to be jittery

kuàhè Yángzhōu

lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou
to become a Daoist immortal
to die

see 駕鶴西去／驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù)

yǎorúhuánghè

to be gone forever (idiom)
to disappear without a trace

see 駕鶴西去／驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù)

carrying very little luggage (idiom)
honest and incorruptible (government officials)

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

jiànhuālónghè

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

qíhèshàng Yángzhōu

骑鹤上扬州

[騎鶴上揚州]

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