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胡同 meaning in English

hútòng

lane; alley

15 strokes

Meaning of 胡同

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hútòng
  1. lane; alley

Measure word: 條|条

hútòng
  1. variant of 胡同[hu2 tong4]

胡同 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ家jiā后hòu面miàn有yǒu条tiáo胡hú同tòng。
There's an alley behind my house.
这zhè是shì个gè死sǐ胡hú同tòng。
It's a dead end.
最zuì近jìn，有yǒu些xiē胡hú同tòng被bèi指zhǐ定dìng为wèi保bǎo护hù区qū，以yǐ试shì图tú保bǎo存cún这zhè方fāng面miàn的de中zhōng国guó文wén化huà历lì史shǐ。
More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.
在zài北běi京jīng，胡hú同tòng是shì由yóu四sì合hé院yuàn的de传chuán统tǒng居jū所suǒ排pái形xíng成chéng。
In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuans, the traditional courtyard residences.
“胡hú同tòng”这zhè个ge词cí，本běn意yì是shì“水shuǐ井jǐng”，来lái源yuán于yú700年nián前qián的de蒙měng古gǔ语yǔ。
The term "hutong", originally meaning "water well", came from the Mongolian language about 700 years ago.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

胡 hú · recklessly · 9 strokes

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同 tóng · like · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 胡同.

同学tóngxuéto study at the same school; fellow student
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
同样tóngyàngsame; equal; similar; similarly; also; too
同时tóngshíat the same time; simultaneously
同事tóngshìcolleague; co-worker
相同xiāngtóngidentical; same
同意tóngyìto agree; to consent
共同gòngtóngcommon; joint
同情tóngqíngto sympathize with; sympathy
合同hétóngcontract; agreement
如同rútónglike; as
胡子húzibeard; mustache or whiskers

Questions about 胡同

What does 胡同 mean?

胡同 (hútòng) means "lane; alley".

How do you write 胡同?

胡同 is made of 2 characters: 胡 (9 strokes), 同 (6 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.