Chinese word
江湖
jiāng hú
rivers and lakes
Meaning
Definitions are in English.- rivers 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. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2])
- (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde
- (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
Characters in this word
Common words: 江 · 湖
Words
Words with the same first character
江苏江苏jiāng sūsee 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]江西江西jiāng xīsee 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]江南江南jiāng nánregion of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjo…江山江山jiāng shānsee 江山市[Jiang1 shan1 Shi4]; rivers and mountains; landscape; country; state power江青江青jiāng qīngJiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four