胡wu4同tung4

English

1. lane; alley
2. a lane, alley, especially the kind in Pekingunreviewed?

量詞 — Classifiers

• 條tiao2

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 小街小巷，尤其係北京個啲unreviewed?

Examples

• 这是个死胡同。

  It's a dead end.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 我家後面有條胡同。

  There's an alley behind my house.

  Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

• 胡同是一种跟中国北京有关的窄街路。

  Hutongs are a type of narrow street, most commonly associated with Beijing, China.

  Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

• 在北京，胡同是由四合院的传统居所排形成。

  In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuans, the traditional courtyard residences.

  Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

• “胡同”这个词，本意是“水井”，来源于700年前的蒙古语。

  The term "hutong", originally meaning "water well", came from the Mongolian language about 700 years ago.

  Tatoeba · Yashanti CC BY

• 他们的四合院要小得多，设计和装饰也比较简单，胡同也比较窄。

  Their siheyuans were far smaller in scale and simpler in design and decoration, and the hutongs were narrower.

  Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY