湖

hú

a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green

How to write 湖, stroke by stroke

lake

Pictophonetic: semantic 氵 (water), phonetic 胡

Made of 氵 + 胡

江湖jiāng húrivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武侠); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
湖边hú biānlakeside
湖泊hú pōlake
湖畔hú pànlakeside
重出江湖chóng chū jiāng hú(of a person) to return to the fray after a period of inactivity; to jump back into the thick of things; (of sth that was once popular) to be resurrected; to make a comeback
人工湖rén gōng húartificial lake
冰湖bīng húfrozen lake
堰塞湖yàn sè húbarrier lake; landslide dam; dammed lake
五湖四海wǔ hú sì hǎiall parts of the country
五大湖wǔ dà húGreat Lakes; the five north American Great Lakes
伊利湖yī lì húLake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
休伦湖xiū lún húLake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖

数以百计的水牛走向湖边。
shù yǐ bǎi jì de shuǐ niú zǒu xiàng hú biān 。
Hundreds of buffaloes moved toward the lake.
森林外有一个美丽的湖泊。
sēn lín wài yǒu yí gè měi lì de hú bó 。
A beautiful lake lay just beyond the forest.
天冷得足以让湖结冰。
tiān lěng dé zú yǐ ràng hú jié bīng 。
The weather was so cold that the lake froze over.
湖面上有几艘船。
hú miàn shàng yǒu jǐ sōu chuán 。
Some boats are on the lake.
湖水在耀眼的阳光下闪闪发亮。
hú shuǐ zài yào yǎn de yáng guāng xià shǎn shǎn fā liàng 。
The lake was gleaming in the bright sunshine.