湖南 Traditional form: 湖南 Pinyin (reading): Húnán Definitions: see 湖南省 ( Húnán Shěng) Characters: 湖 - lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green 南 - south; southern; southward Traditional characters: 湖 - lake; Hubei, Hunan; bluish-green 南 - south; southern; southward