太湖

Tàihú

proper noun

Meanings

1 Lake Tai, large freshwater lake on the Jiangsu-Zhejiang border, between Wuxi, Suzhou and Huzhou

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

无锡和苏州都靠着太湖。

Wúxī hé Sūzhōu dōu kào zhe Tàihú.

Wuxi and Suzhou both lie on Lake Tai.

HSK 7-9

太湖是中国第三大淡水湖。

Tàihú shì Zhōngguó dìsān dà dànshuǐhú.

Lake Tai is China's third largest freshwater lake.

Tips

culture

The lake's 'three whites', 太湖三白, are whitebait, white shrimp and whitefish. Its water-worn, hole-riddled limestone, 太湖石, is the classic rock of Chinese gardens, as in those of Suzhou.

Stroke Order

太 tài

湖 hú