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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 江湖

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
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. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2])
- (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde
- (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 11,126 4,371 4,315

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiāng- surname Jiang
jiāng- river
- CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]
- lake
- CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]

Other Words Containing 江湖

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
江湖 - - 11,126 4,371 4,315
江湖骗子 - - 38,200 100,504 68,636
老江湖 - - 39,396 49,597 55,345
走江湖 - - 54,927 77,280 68,612