湖

meaning for 湖 hú:

• - lake
• - Classifiers: 个 Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘 , capital Changsha 长沙 Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂 lakerivers 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
• - underworldlakeside