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湖 - hú

a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green

a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green

How to read 湖

Click 湖 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englisha lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

湖人 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 湖北. Please read 湖南 one more time.

Common words with this character

Los Angeles Lakers; abbr. for 洛杉磯湖人|洛杉矶湖人[Luo4 shan1 ji1 Hu2 ren2]
see 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3]
see 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]
see 湖口縣|湖口县[Hu2 kou3 Xian4]; see 湖口鄉|湖口乡[Hu2 kou3 Xiang1]

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 湖 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 湖人 and 湖北 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 湖.