hú tòng
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  • n.alley; lane

    • chú le lín lì de wáng fǔ jiàn zhù zhè lǐ de hú tòng shì yī dìng yào qù yī kàn de

      林立王府建筑这里胡同

      In addition to the numerous palace buildings, you must visit the hutongs here.

    • zhè ge hú tòng hěn cháng

      这个胡同

      This alley is very long.

    • hú tòng shì dāng dì de tè sè

      胡同当地特色

      The alley is a local feature.

Word usage

  • Note
    1.When appearing in the name of an alleyway, it is pronounced "hú tong", not "hú tongr"; 2."同" cannot be pronounced as "tóng" in "胡同".
  • "胡同" is often matched with measure word "条"or"个".
    • 胡同

      one hutong

    • 胡同

      one hutong

Chinese words with pinyin hu tong