Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xiàng
English
- alley, lane
- lane
- used in certain collocations
- alley; lane; narrow path between buildings
- alley
粵語
- 「巷」（hong2）喺若干配搭嘅讀音
- 建築物之間好窄嘅路（量詞：條）
As a component in
Words containing 巷
- 巷戰hong6 zin3
(military) street fighting; urban combat
- 冷巷laang5 hong2
alley
- 大街小巷daai6 gaai1 siu2 hong6
great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
- 開巷hoi1 hong6
used to describe an achievement that has become known to everyone
- 後巷hau6 hong2
back alley
- 巷篤hong6 duk1
at the end of the laneway or street
- 掘頭巷gwat6 tau4 hong2
noun; cul-de-sac, to described something is a dead end, no further development
- 街知巷聞gaai1 zi1 hong6 man4
to be known to everyone
- 小巷siu2 hong6
alley
- 倔頭巷gwat6 tau4 hong2
no through road; deadend
- 巷子hong6 zi2
alley
- 街巷gaai1 hong6
streets and alleys
- 萬人空巷maan6 jan4 hung1 hong6
the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate)
- 街頭巷尾gaai1 tau4 hong6 mei5
top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
- 死巷sei2 hong6
blind alley; dead end
- 巷道hong6 dou6
noun; tunnel which is dug in mining or prospecting, normally used as transport and drainage
- 里巷lei5 hong6
lane
- 巷弄hong6 lung6
alley
- 巷仔hong6 zai2
lane, alley
- 窮巷kung4 hong6
no way to go; a blind alley
- 橫巷waang4 hong2
an alleyway
- 贏開巷jeng4 hoi1 hong6
to win by a large margin
- 窄巷zaak3 hong6
narrow alley
- 街談巷議gaai1 taam4 hong6 ji5
(idiom) town gossip