A beautiful lake lay just beyond the forest.
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湖泊
hú pō
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
hú pō · wu4 bok6 (Jyutping)
- lake
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Character breakdown
湖
- Meaning
- a lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green
- Radical
- 氵
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- ⿰氵胡
- Cangjie
- EJRB
- Four-corner
- 3712.0
泊
- Meaning
- anchor vessel; lie at anchor
- Radical
- 氵
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰氵白
- Cangjie
- EHA
- Four-corner
- 3610.0
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Example sentences
Lake Baikal in Russia is the deepest lake in the world.
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