| 1 | 湖南 | 湖南 | hú nán | Hu2 nan2 | Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘 , capital Changsha 长沙 | | |
| 2 | 湖 | 湖 | hú | hu2 | lake; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 湖北 | 湖北 | hú běi | Hu2 bei3 | Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂 | | |
| 4 | 湖泊 | 湖泊 | hú pō | hu2 po1 | lake | | |
| 5 | 江湖 | 江湖 | jiāng hú | Jiang1 hu2 | 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. 武侠 ); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld | | |
| 6 | 湖边 | 湖邊 | hú biān | hu2 bian1 | lakeside | | |
| 7 | 湖南省 | 湖南省 | hú nán shěng | Hu2 nan2 Sheng3 | Hunan Province in south central China, abbr. 湘 | | |
| 8 | 博湖县 | 博湖縣 | bó hú xiàn | Bo2 hu2 xian4 | Bohu county, Baghrash nahiyisi or Bohu county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 , Xinjiang | | |
| 9 | 大湖 | 大湖 | dà hú | Da4 hu2 | Dahu or Tahu township in Miaoli county 苗栗县 , northwest Taiwan | | |
| 10 | 闯荡江湖 | 闖蕩江湖 | chuǎng dàng jiāng hú | chuang3 dang4 jiang1 hu2 | to travel around the country | | |
| 11 | 重现江湖 | 重現江湖 | chóng xiàn jiāng hú | chong2 xian4 jiang1 hu2 | see 重出江湖 | | |
| 12 | 程海湖 | 程海湖 | chéng hǎi hú | Cheng2 hai3 Hu2 | Chenghai Lake in Lijiang 丽江市 , Hunan | | |
| 13 | 巢湖市 | 巢湖市 | cháo hú shì | Chao2 hu2 shi4 | Chaohu prefecture-level city in Anhui | | |
| 14 | 巢湖地区 | 巢湖地區 | cháo hú dì qū | Chao2 hu2 di4 qu1 | Chaohu prefecture, Anhui | | |
| 15 | 巢湖 | 巢湖 | cháo hú | Chao2 hu2 | Chaohu prefecture-level city in Anhui; Chaohu lake | | |
| 16 | 博斯腾湖 | 博斯騰湖 | bó sī téng hú | Bo2 si1 teng2 Hu2 | Bosten Lake in Xinjiang | | |
| 17 | 博湖 | 博湖 | bó hú | Bo2 hu2 | Bohu county, Baghrash nahiyisi or Bohu county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 , Xinjiang | | |
| 18 | 博登湖 | 博登湖 | bó dēng hú | Bo2 deng1 Hu2 | Lake Constance (between Germany, Austria and Switzerland) | | |
| 19 | 滨湖区 | 濱湖區 | bīn hú qū | Bin1 hu2 qu1 | Binhu district of Wuxi city 无锡市 , Jiangsu | | |
| 20 | 贝加尔湖 | 貝加爾湖 | bèi jiā ěr hú | Bei4 jia1 er3 Hu2 | Lake Baikal | | |
| 21 | 贝尔湖 | 貝爾湖 | bèi ěr hú | Bei4 er3 Hu2 | Buir Lake of Inner Mongolia | | |
| 22 | 半咸水湖 | 半鹹水湖 | bàn xián shuǐ hú | ban4 xian2 shui3 hu2 | brackish-water lake | | |
| 23 | 八仙湖 | 八仙湖 | bā xiān hú | Ba1 xian1 Hu2 | see 草海 | | |
| 24 | 走江湖 | 走江湖 | zǒu jiāng hú | zou3 jiang1 hu2 | to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer) | | |
| 25 | 安大略湖 | 安大略湖 | ān dà lüè hú | An1 da4 lu:e4 Hu2 | Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖 | | |