胡同
衚衕freq #20715
Meanings
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- 1.variant of 胡同[hú tòng]
- 1.lane; alley
- 2.CL:条[tiáo]
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Wiktionary
- 1.hutong (a narrow street, lane, or alley, most commonly in Beijing)
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Etymology
First attested in Yuan Dynasty. Probably a compound from 衕 (tòng, “street, passage”), a native word attested in Shuowen Jiezi, or from Middle Chinese 巷 (MC haewngH). Alternatively, a loan word from Middle Mongol ᠬᠤᠳᠳᠤᠭ (quddug, “water well”) (compare Mongolian худаг (xudag)), indicating that people lived where wells could be dug. Another theory postulates that this is borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮ (ɣudum, “corridor, passage, passageway”) (compare Mongolian гудам (gudam)).
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Components
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Characters
Example sentences
我家後面有條胡同。
There's an alley behind my house.
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