湖 (wu4 | hu2) : lake

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湖

wu4

hu2

[1] [n] lake [2] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

湖

This word has been viewed 7661 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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江湖 gong1 wu4 jiang1 hu2 = rivers and lakes

西湖 sai1 wu4 xi1 hu2 = West Lake, Sai Wu

湖北 wu4 bak1 hu2 bei3 = Hubei

羅湖 lo4 wu4 luo2 hu2 = Lo Wu

江湖佬 gong1 wu4 lou2 = a member of the underworld; a triad

江湖大佬 gong1 wu4 daai6 lou2 = underworld big boss; triad big brother 粵

淡水湖 taam5 seoi2 wu4 = a freshwater lake

湖畔 wu4 bun5 hu2 pan4 = the lakefront; lakeside (as a noun modifier)

湖田 wu4 tin4 hu2 tian2 = land reclaimed from a lake; shoaly land

五湖四海 ng5 wu4 sei3 hoi2 wu3 hu2 si4 hai3 = all corners of the land
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 湖
Unicode code for this character: U+6E56 (off-site link)

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