太浩湖
tàihào hú
太浩湖 (tàihào hú) is the Chinese way to say Lake Tahoe.
The phrase refers to the large freshwater lake located in the Sierra Nevada mountains between California and Nevada.
What does it mean word for word?
The name is composed of the transliterated name 太浩 (Taihao) and the word for lake 湖 (hu).
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Taiwan, the local way of referring to Lake Tahoe is 塔荷湖.
How does it change in a sentence?
In Chinese, the word for 'lake' (湖) follows the proper name, whereas in English 'Lake' precedes the name.
How do you pronounce it?
tàihào hú
Did you know?
- The characters used in the mainland version, 太浩, happen to evoke a sense of 'great vastness' because '太' means 'too/extremely' and '浩' refers to 'vastness'.
- The character 浩 (hào) is part of a larger family of characters that contain the 'water' radical on the left side. This visual component, consisting of three small strokes, acts as a universal signifier for anything related to liquid or rivers.
- The character 浩 in 太浩湖 is often used in the names of ancient Chinese rivers and legendary floods, reinforcing the image of an immense body of water.
Examples in context
- 明天我们将前往塔霍湖度假。Tomorrow we will go to Lake Tahoe for vacation.
- 我听说塔霍湖很美，我们一起去看看吧！I heard Lake Tahoe is beautiful, let's go and take a look together!
- 太浩湖非常漂亮。Tàihàohú fēicháng piàoliang.Lake Tahoe is very beautiful.
- 我们明年去太浩湖玩吧。Wǒmen míngnián qù Tàihàohú wán ba.Let's go to Lake Tahoe next year.
- 你在太浩湖见过雪吗？Nǐ zài Tàihàohú jiànguò xuě ma?Have you seen snow at Lake Tahoe?
Example conversation
Two friends are planning a summer road trip.
- 伟 Wei佳怡，你想去太浩湖吗？Jiāyí, nǐ xiǎng qù Tàihàohú ma?Jiayi, do you want to go to Lake Tahoe?
- 佳怡 Jiayi好啊，我也很想去那里。Hǎo a, wǒ yě hěn xiǎng qù nàlǐ.Sure, I really want to go there too.
- 伟 Wei那我们开车去吧。Nà wǒmen kāichē qù ba.Then let's drive there.
- 佳怡 Jiayi没问题，太好了。Méi wèntí, tài hǎole.No problem, that sounds great.
