Definitions

1. 1. rivers and lakes
2. 2. all corners of the country
3. 3. remote areas to which hermits retreat
4. 4. section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law
5. 5. the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2])
6. 6. (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc
7. 7. demimonde
8. 8. (in modern times) triads
9. 9. secret gangster societies
10. 10. underworld
11. 11. business world

Components

• 江 Jiāng – surname Jiang
• 湖 hú – lake

Related Words

• 老江湖 lǎo jiāng hú – a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
• 跑江湖 pǎo jiāng hú – to make a living as a traveling performer etc
• 走江湖 zǒu jiāng hú – to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)