通红

通紅

tōnghóng

adjective HSK 7-9 #23,781

Meanings

Thoroughly red - bright red all over.

HSK 3

他喝了酒，脸都通红了。

Tā hē le jiǔ, liǎn dōu tōnghóng le.

After drinking, his face turned bright red.

HSK 6

她的脸羞得通红。

Tā de liǎn xiū de tōnghóng.

Her face turned bright red from embarrassment.

HSK 7-9

炉火烧得通红。

Lúhuǒ shāo de tōnghóng.

The furnace fire burned bright red.

usage

通 here acts as an intensifier meaning 'thoroughly/entirely.' This pattern exists with other colors too, though 通红 is by far the most common.

通 tōng

红 hóng