mǎo

泖

Character · Noun

small, calm lake

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

small, placid lake

literary

A classical, literary term rarely used in modern daily conversation. Often appears in poetry or place names in the Jiangnan region of China.

Gǔ古
shí时
de的
jiāng江
nán南
yǒu有
xǔ许
duō多
měi美
lì丽
de的
mǎo泖
 。

There were many beautiful small lakes in ancient Jiangnan.

Dì地
míng名
zhōng中
yǒu有
 '
mǎo泖
gǎng港
 '
yī一
cí词
 。

There is a place name 'Maogang' (meaning 'lake port').