湖 (hú) means Lake. Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
湖 边有一座小亭子。
Hú biān yǒu yí zuò xiǎo tíngzi.
There is a small pavilion by the lake.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亭子
我们绕着 湖 走了一圈。
Wǒmen rào zhe hú zǒu le yì quān.
We walked once around the lake.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 绕
湖 面反射着夕阳的光。
Húmiàn fǎnshèzhe xīyáng de guāng.
The lake reflected the light of the setting sun.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 反射
一叶小舟漂在 湖 面上。
Yí yè xiǎo zhōu piāo zài húmiàn shang.
A little boat drifted on the lake.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 舟
一群白鸟在 湖 面上飞翔。
Yì qún bái niǎo zài húmiàn shang fēixiáng.
A flock of white birds soared over the lake.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 飞翔
这个 湖 是人工挖出来的。
Zhège hú shì réngōng wā chūlái de.
This lake was dug out by hand.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 人工
他们在 湖 边搭了一顶帐篷。
Tāmen zài hú biān dā le yì dǐng zhàngpeng.
They pitched a tent by the lake.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 帐篷
湖 泊的水位近年一直在下降。
Húpō de shuǐwèi jìnnián yìzhí zài xiàjiàng.
The water level of the lakes has been falling in recent years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 湖泊
这个地区有大大小小几十个 湖 泊。
Zhège dìqū yǒu dàdà xiǎoxiǎo jǐshí ge húpō.
This region has dozens of lakes large and small.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 湖泊
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Words that contain 湖
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Questions about 湖
How is 湖 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 湖 (hú, "Lake"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 湖 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 湖 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 湖 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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