Cosmetic used to color the cheeks or lips; also used as a red pigment in traditional Chinese painting. When used as makeup, it is also called [[腮红|腮紅|sai1 hong2]].

a species of freshwater fish native to the Yangtze River basin; Myxocyprinus asiaticus

a deep red color; cochineal; deep red like rouge

rouge and powder; makeup used by women

mountain range in Gansu Province, historically known for yielding rouge-producing plants

carmine-colored; deep red

Malabar spinach (Basella alba), a vine with edible green or purple stems and fleshy leaves used as a vegetable

(derogatory) a domineering wife; a fierce or shrewish woman; a virago

cochineal insect, a scale insect from which the crimson dye carmine is derived