giang hồ

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 江湖 (“rivers and lakes”), from Chinese 江湖 (jiānghú). In older texts, mostly used to describe the lives of people who didn't or couldn't settle for a home, but wandered around the country. The "outlaw" sense is popularized by Chinese wuxia soap operas, which frequently emphasize the lawlessness and cruelty of the martial arts world in feudal-China settings. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaːŋ˧˧ ho˨˩] (Huế) IPA(key): [jaːŋ˧˧ how˦˩] (Saigon) IPA(key): [jaːŋ˧˧ how˨˩] === Adjective === giang hồ lawless, especially thuggish, hoodlumish or gangsterish giới giang hồ ― the underworld === Noun === giang hồ thugs, gangsters; mafia members === Derived terms === giang hồ mạng === See also === lưu manh đầu gấu xã hội đen