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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *湖* | 湖* | *湖
lake / CL: 個|个,
HSK 2
lake
HSK 7-9
to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc) / turbulent
HSK 7-9
Salt Lake City, capital of Utah
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泡* | 泡* | *泡
puffed; swollen; spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces
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) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde / (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
(of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc
Chao Lake in Hefei 合肥, Anhui
Xihu or West lake (place name) / West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang / Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Erhai Lake
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泊* | 泊* | *泊
lake / Taiwan pr. [bo2]
Daming Lake in Jinan 濟南|济南, Shandong
edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *滨* | 滨* | *滨
(bound form) water's edge; bank; shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc)
Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
North Sea (in Europe) / historical name for several bodies of water, including Lake Baikal 貝加爾湖|贝加尔湖, Russia
Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
Los Angeles Lakers / abbr. for 洛杉磯湖人|洛杉矶湖人
Kobe Bryant (1978-2020), Los Angeles Lakers NBA star
river in Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 / Yuanjiang, county-level city in Yiyang 益陽|益阳, Hunan
(dialect) wetlands / lake
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *澧* | 澧* | *澧
Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 / surname Li
Lake District, north England
Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
Solitary Hill, located in West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *淀* | 淀* | *淀
shallow lake
Lake Baikal, Russia
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *潢* | 潢* | *潢
dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll
The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight)
scenic lakes and mountain (idiom); beautiful lake and mountain landscape
Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed
lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花
the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母
salt lake
to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc) / to importune
edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river)
Baiyang Lake in Hebei
lake front
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鄱* | 鄱* | *鄱
name of a lake
frozen lake
biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖, Jiangsu
Caohai Lake, Guizhou
Swan Lake
Kunming Lake
rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake)
Lishui river in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖
mussels / bivalves grown in rivers and lakes
barrier lake; landslide dam / dammed lake
inward flowing river / river flowing into desert or salt lake, e.g. Tarim river 塔里木河
lakes and marshes
salt from a salt lake
lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery / sumptuous entertainment
salt flats / salt lake
Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan
Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)
Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan
Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon)
Lake Tianchi in Xinjiang
"heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain / used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池
Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska
Los Angeles Lakers (NBA team)
Xingxiuhai Basin in Qinghai, more than 4000m above sea level, featuring numerous lakes large and small
Lake Mibgai Co or Miga Tso, in Dartsendo or Kangding 康定, Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
West lake district (place name) / Xihu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang / Xihu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
Miluo river in Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, flows into Dongting lake
North lake district / Beihu district of Chenzhou city 郴州市, Hunan
Aibi Lake (Ebinur) in Xinjiang
Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan
Lake Titicaca
Yanhu district (Salt Lake district) of Yuncheng city 運城市|运城市, Shanxi
Dianshan Lake in Shanghai
burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology)
Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai
rivers, lakes and oceans / bodies of water
Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes
artificial lake
Hulun Lake of Inner Mongolia
Lake Bled, glacial lake amid the Julian Alps in Slovenia, adjacent to the town of Bled
Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province
Changbaishan Tianchi, volcanic crater lake on the border between China and North Korea
Bosten Lake in Xinjiang
Lake Tanganyika in East Africa
Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
salt lake
Kenai (Peninsula, Lake, Mountains), Alaska (Tw)
Buir Lake of Inner Mongolia
Lake Constance (between Germany, Austria and Switzerland)
Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
small lake / pond
Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province
Semirechye region of Kazakhstan, bordering Lake Balkash 巴爾喀什湖|巴尔喀什湖
Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959
Kanas Lake in Xinjiang
Ulungur Lake in Xinjiang
Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet
Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza, Kenya, on the White Nile
Lake Chad
Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖

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