Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 红星, 洪星, etc.(Chinese) 紅星, 洪星, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /xʊŋ.ɕiŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 红 (hóng) meaning "red, vermillion, blush" or 洪 (hóng) meaning "flood, deluge, great, vast" combined with 星 (xīng) meaning "star, planet". Other character combinations can form this name as well.