Word data
HSK
Not in HSK
FREQUENCY
11127th word
江湖 jiāng hú
martial arts world; criminal underworld
Word data
| HSK | Not in HSK |
| Frequency | 11127th word |
Definitions
- 1. section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law
- 2. underworld
- 3. (in modern times) triads
- 4. secret gangster societies
- 5. the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武侠wǔ xiá)
- 6. all corners of the country
- 7. rivers and lakes
- 8. demimonde
- 9. remote areas to which hermits retreat
- 10. (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc