盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 汹涌 洶湧 xiōng yǒng to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc) / turbulent syn 水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn 湖泊 hú pō lake syn 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 拉客 lā kè to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc) / to importune syn 天鹅湖 天鵝湖 tiān é hú Swan Lake 游弋 遊弋 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc syn 千岛湖 千島湖 qiān dǎo hú Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959 盐湖 鹽湖 yán hú salt lake syn 淡水湖 dàn shuǐ hú freshwater lake 天池 tiān chí "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[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2] 瑶池 瑤池 yáo chí the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母 水浒 水滸 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 海子 hǎi zi (dialect) wetlands / lake syn 泸沽湖 瀘沽湖 lú gū hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan 洞庭湖 dòng tíng hú Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province 断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) 青海湖 qīng hǎi hú Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon) 湖区 湖區 hú qū Lake District, north England 滇池 diān chí lake Dianchi in Yunnan 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 鄱阳湖 鄱陽湖 pó yáng hú Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 洱海 ěr hǎi Erhai Lake 日月潭 rì yuè tán Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan 白洋淀 白洋澱 bái yáng diàn Baiyang Lake in Hebei 纳木错 納木錯 nà mù cuò Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet 雷峰塔 léi fēng tǎ Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake) 喀纳斯湖 喀納斯湖 kā nà sī hú Kanas Lake in Xinjiang 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 泡 pāo puffed / swollen / spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces syn 湖 hú lake / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] syn 泊 pō lake / Taiwan pr. [bo2] syn 滨 濱 bīn (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) syn 潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll 淀山湖 澱山湖 diàn shān hú Dianshan Lake in Shanghai 赛里木湖 賽里木湖 sài lǐ mù hú Sayram Lake in Xinjiang 博斯腾湖 博斯騰湖 bó sī téng hú Bosten Lake in Xinjiang 咸水湖 鹹水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake syn 鄱 pó name of a lake 澧 lǐ Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖[Dong4ting2 Hu2] / surname Li 湖滨 湖濱 hú bīn lake front 西湖 xī hú 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[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan 伊利湖 yī lì hú Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 贝加尔湖 貝加爾湖 bèi jiā ěr hú Lake Baikal, Russia 休伦湖 休倫湖 xiū lún hú Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 盐滩 鹽灘 yán tān salt flats / salt lake 人工湖 rén gōng hú artificial lake 草海 cǎo hǎi Caohai Lake, Guizhou 镜花水月 鏡花水月 jìng huā shuǐ yuè 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 syn 南极冰川下湖泊勘探专家组 nán jí bīng chuān xià hú bó kān tàn zhuān jiā zǔ Group of Specialists on Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration 雷扎耶湖 léi zhá yē hú Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh 堰塞湖 yàn sè hú barrier lake / landslide dam / dammed lake 火湖 huǒ hú burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology) 富营养湖 富營養湖 fù yíng yǎng hú eutrophic lake / eutrophied lake 沃化湖 wò huà hú eutrophic lake / eutrophied lake 布莱德湖 布萊德湖 bù lái dé hú Lake Bled, glacial lake amid the Julian Alps in Slovenia, adjacent to the town of Bled 邵伯湖 shào bó hú Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed 池盐 池鹽 chí yán salt from a salt lake 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù bó Lop Nor, salt lake and nuclear testing site in Xinjiang 羊卓错 羊卓錯 yáng zhuó cuò Yamdroktso lake in central Tibet 奥涅加湖 奧涅加湖 ào niè jiā hú Lake 洪泽湖 洪澤湖 hóng zé hú Hongze Lake in Jiangsu province 昆明湖 kūn míng hú Kunming Lake 澧水 lǐ shuǐ Lishui river in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 马拉开波湖 馬拉開波湖 mǎ lā kāi bō hú Lake 苏必利尔湖 蘇必利爾湖 sū bì lì ěr hú Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 维多利亚湖 維多利亞湖 wéi duō lì yà hú Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza, Kenya, on the White Nile 岳阳楼 岳陽樓 yuè yáng lóu Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2] / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi 乍得湖 zhà dé hú Lake Chad 七河州 qī hé zhōu Semirechye region of Kazakhstan, bordering Lake Balkash 巴爾喀什湖|巴尔喀什湖[Ba1 er3 ka1 shi2 Hu2] 伊塞克湖 yī sāi kè hú Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan 内流河 內流河 nèi liú hé inward flowing river / river flowing into desert or salt lake, e.g. Tarim river 塔里木河 北湖区 北湖區 běi hú qū North lake district / Beihu district of Chenzhou city 郴州市[Chen1 zhou1 shi4], Hunan 呼伦湖 呼倫湖 hū lún hú Hulun Lake of Inner Mongolia 坦噶尼喀湖 tǎn gá ní kā hú Lake Tanganyika in East Africa 大湖区 大湖區 dà hú qū Lake district, north England 安大略湖 ān dà lüè hú Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 密歇根湖 mì xiē gēn hú Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 察尔汗盐湖 察爾汗鹽湖 chá ěr hán yán hú Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai 巴尔喀什湖 巴爾喀什湖 bā ěr kā shí hú Lake Balkhash in southeast Kazakhstan 木格措 mù gé cuò Lake Mibgai Co or Miga Tso, in Dartsendo or Kangding 康定[Kang1 ding4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan 汨罗江 汨羅江 mì luó jiāng Miluo river in Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, flows into Dongting lake 沅江 yuán jiāng river in Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 / Yuanjiang, county-level city in Yiyang 益陽|益阳[Yi4 yang2], Hunan 乌伦古湖 烏倫古湖 wū lún gǔ hú Ulungur Lake in Xinjiang 熔岩湖 róng yán hú lava lake 珊瑚潭 shān hú tán coral lake 程海湖 chéng hǎi hú Chenghai Lake in Lijiang 麗江市|丽江市, Hunan 艾丁湖 ài dīng hú Ayding Lake (Aydingkol) in Xinjiang 艾比湖 ài bǐ hú Aibi Lake (Ebinur) in Xinjiang 芍陂 què pí Quepi lake (irrigation project in Han to Tang times on Huai river 淮河 in modern Anhui) 筼筜湖 篔簹湖 yún dāng hú Yundang or Yuandang Lake in Xiamen 西湖区 西湖區 xī hú qū West lake district (place name) / Xihu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang / Xihu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi 贝尔湖 貝爾湖 bèi ěr hú Buir Lake of Inner Mongolia 长白山天池 長白山天池 cháng bái shān tiān chí Changbaishan Tianchi, volcanic crater lake on the border between China and North Korea 盐湖区 鹽湖區 yán hú qū Yanhu district (Salt Lake district) of Yuncheng city 運城市|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 shi4], Shanxi 