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title: "Water Margin in Chinese (水浒传): 28 Names and Words With Pinyin | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "Water Margin is 水浒传 (Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn) in Chinese: 水浒 means “the water’s edge” and 传 “a story”. Every name and word with pinyin, free as a PDF, an Anki deck or a list in your Backpack."
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[Chinese words](https://mandarinthewild.com/words) · Novel · Shi Nai’an, 14th century

# Water Margin in Chinese

水浒传 Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn

Water Margin is 水浒传 (Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn) in Chinese: 水浒 means “the water’s edge” and 传 “a story”. Its 108 outlaws gather at 梁山泊 Liángshān Pō, the Liangshan Marsh, under 宋江 Sòng Jiāng, and each has a nickname: 武松 Wǔ Sōng, who kills a tiger with his hands, is 行者, the Pilgrim.

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- [Spreadsheet](https://mandarinthewild.com/api/downloads/words/water-margin.csv)

## The heroes

宋江Sòng JiāngSong Jiang

武松Wǔ SōngWu Song

林冲Lín ChōngLin Chong

鲁智深Lǔ ZhìshēnLu Zhishen

李逵Lǐ KuíLi Kui

吴用Wú YòngWu Yong

卢俊义Lú JùnyìLu Junyi

晁盖Cháo GàiChao Gai

燕青Yān QīngYan Qing

花荣Huā RóngHua Rong

杨志Yáng ZhìYang Zhi

扈三娘Hù SānniángHu Sanniang

## Their nicknames

及时雨jíshíyǔTimely Rain (Song Jiang)

豹子头bàozitóuPanther Head (Lin Chong)

花和尚huā héshangthe Flowery Monk (Lu Zhishen)

黑旋风hēi xuànfēngthe Black Whirlwind (Li Kui)

智多星zhìduōxīngthe Wise Star (Wu Yong)

行者xíngzhěthe Pilgrim (Wu Song)

## Others in the story

潘金莲Pān JīnliánPan Jinlian

武大郎Wǔ DàlángWu Dalang, Wu Song’s brother

西门庆Xīmén QìngXimen Qing

高俅Gāo QiúGao Qiu

## Places and sayings

梁山泊Liángshān Pōthe Liangshan Marsh

景阳冈Jǐngyáng GāngJingyang Ridge, where Wu Song kills the tiger

好汉hǎohànhero, a true man

一百零八将yìbǎi líng bā jiàngthe 108 heroes

逼上梁山bī shàng Liángshāndriven to rebel

- [替天行道tì tiān xíng dàoto act on behalf of heaven](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9B%BF%E5%A4%A9%E8%A1%8C%E9%81%93)

## Every name explains itself on any page

On a wiki, a guide or a stream’s chat in Chinese, point at a name and the extension shows its pinyin and meaning, and keeps it for Review.

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[How it compares with The Chairman’s Bao](https://mandarinthewild.com/compare/the-chairmans-bao)

Names as the novel writes them in Chinese and English. The Backpack keeps the 28 our dictionary knows.