| 湖 |
Hú běi Shěng | Hubei Province, capital Wuhan 武汉市 (short name 鄂) |
| 湖 |
hú | lake |
| 湖 |
Hú běi | see 湖北省 |
| 北 |
běi | north / (classical) to be defeated |
| 省 |
shěng | to save; to economize; to be frugal / to omit; to delete; to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government) |
| 省 |
xǐng | (bound form) to scrutinize / (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct) / (bound form) to come to realize / (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders) |