湖

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

hú ㄏㄨˊ

    • lake

Classifiers (measure words)

Usually

Less often

Other words read hú

In the same tone

  • 和 hú complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
  • 胡 hú reckless
  • 壶 hú pot
  • 糊 hú paste
  • 狐 hú fox

All 18 words read hú

hu with other tones

  • 忽 hū neglect
  • 虎 hǔ tiger
  • 户 hù household
  • 呼 hū call
  • 护 hù protect

All 53 words read hu in any tone

Other words read hú

In the same tone

  • 和 hú complete a set in mahjong or playing cards
  • 鬍 hú beard
  • 壺 hú pot
  • 糊 hú paste
  • 狐 hú fox

All 18 words read hú

hu with other tones

  • 忽 hū neglect
  • 虎 hǔ tiger
  • 戶 hù household
  • 呼 hū call
  • 護 hù protect

All 53 words read hu in any tone

How 湖 is written

    部首 radical
    氵 a form of 水
    笔画 strokes
    12, with 9 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    氵胡
    形旁 meaning
    氵
    声旁 sound
    胡

    Words with 湖

    Starting with 湖

    • 湖北省 húběishěng Hubei Province, capital Wuhan 武汉市 wǔhànshì
    • 湖泊 húpō lake
    • 湖南省 húnánshěng Hunan Province, capital Changsha 长沙市 chángshāshì
    • 湖广 húguǎng Hubei and Hunan provinces
    • 湖区 húqū Lake District, north England

    All 19 words starting with 湖

    Ending with 湖

    • 江湖 jiānghú rivers and lakes
    • 洞庭湖 dòngtínghú Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
    • 两湖 liǎnghú Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces
    • 西湖 xīhú West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州 hángzhōu, Zhejiang
    • 太湖 tàihú Lake Tai near Wuxi City 无锡 wúxī, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes

    All 63 words ending with 湖

    Containing 湖

    • 东西湖区 dōngxīhúqū Dongxihu, a district of Wuhan City 武汉市 wǔhànshì, Hubei
    • 洪湖市 hónghúshì Honghu, a county-level city in Jingzhou City 荆州市 jīngzhōushì, Hubei
    • 梁子湖区 liángzihúqū Liangzihu, a district of Ezhou City 鄂州市 èzhōushì, Hubei
    • 澎湖列岛 pénghúlièdǎo Pescadores Islands, Taiwan
    • 五湖四海 wǔhúsìhǎi all parts of the country

    All 48 words containing 湖

    Words with 湖

    Starting with 湖

    • 湖北省 húběishěng Hubei Province, capital Wuhan 武汉市 wǔhànshì
    • 湖泊 húpō lake
    • 湖南省 húnánshěng Hunan Province, capital Changsha 长沙市 chángshāshì
    • 湖廣 húguǎng Hubei and Hunan provinces
    • 湖區 húqū Lake District, north England

    All 19 words starting with 湖

    Ending with 湖

    • 江湖 jiānghú rivers and lakes
    • 洞庭湖 dòngtínghú Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
    • 兩湖 liǎnghú Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces
    • 西湖 xīhú West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州 hángzhōu, Zhejiang
    • 太湖 tàihú Lake Tai near Wuxi City 无锡 wúxī, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes

    All 63 words ending with 湖

    Containing 湖

    • 東西湖區 dōngxīhúqū Dongxihu, a district of Wuhan City 武汉市 wǔhànshì, Hubei
    • 洪湖市 hónghúshì Honghu, a county-level city in Jingzhou City 荆州市 jīngzhōushì, Hubei
    • 梁子湖區 liángzihúqū Liangzihu, a district of Ezhou City 鄂州市 èzhōushì, Hubei
    • 澎湖列島 pénghúlièdǎo Pescadores Islands, Taiwan
    • 五湖四海 wǔhúsìhǎi all parts of the country

    All 48 words containing 湖

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