江湖 in English jiang1 hu2 Meaning

Meanings

  • 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 and so on
  • demimonde
  • (in modern times) triads
  • secret gangster societies
  • underworld

Simplified Characters

江 湖

Traditional Characters

江 湖

Pinyin

jiang1 hu2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

江jiang1surname Jiang 湖hu2lake