| 湖南 | hú nán | Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘 , capital Changsha 长沙 | |
| 湖北 | hú běi | Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂 | |
| 湖泊 | hú pō | lake | |
| 江湖 | jiāng hú | 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 | |
| 湖畔 | hú pàn | lakeside |
