"Underworld" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 江湖 | Jiāng hú | rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld |   |
| 地狱 | dì yù | hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka | |
| 黑道 | hēi dào | dark road / unlawful activities (contrasted with 白道[bai2dao4]) / the underworld / criminal gangs | |
| 冥府 | míng fǔ | underworld / hell | |
| 冥 |  míng | dark / deep / stupid / the underworld | |
| 黑社会 | hēi shè huì | criminal underworld / organized crime syndicate | |
| 帮会 | bāng huì | secret society / underworld gang | |
| 黄泉 | Huáng quán | the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell | |
| 判官 | pàn guān | magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge | |
| 九泉 | jiǔ quán | the nine springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / Hades | |
| 阴曹地府 | yīn cáo dì fǔ | netherworld / Kingdom of the Underworld / Hades | |
| 幽 | yōu | remote / hidden away / secluded / serene / peaceful / to imprison / in superstition indicates the underworld / ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces | |
| 马面 | Mǎ Miàn | Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology | |
| 黑白无常 | Hēi Bái Wú cháng | (Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other in white, responsible for escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld | |
| 阴兵 | yīn bīng | underworld soldier / ghost soldier | |
