Chinese
Etymology
First attested in Yuan Dynasty.
Probably a compound from 衕 (tòng, “street, passage”), a native word attested in Shuowen Jiezi,[1] or from Middle Chinese 巷 (MC haewngH).[2]
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)).
Pronunciation
Noun
衚衕
- hutong (a narrow street, lane, or alley, most commonly in Beijing)
北京的春天很適合騎車逛衚衕。 [MSC, trad.]
北京的春天很适合骑车逛胡同。 [MSC, simp.]- Běijīng de chūntiān hěn shìhé qíchē guàng hútòng. [Pinyin]
- Beijing’s spring is very suitable for cycling around the hutongs.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 衚衕 (“alley; lane”) [map]
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
巷
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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衚衕, 巷子
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
|
衚衕兒
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| Taiwan
|
巷子
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| Chengde
|
衚衕
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| Chifeng
|
衚衕兒
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
衚衕
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| Heihe
|
衚衕
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| Qiqihar
|
衚衕
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| Harbin
|
衚衕兒
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| Jiamusi
|
衚衕
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| Baicheng
|
衚衕
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| Changchun
|
衚衕兒
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| Tonghua
|
衚衕
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| Shenyang
|
衚衕
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| Jinzhou
|
衚衕
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
|
衚衕兒
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| Tangshan
|
衚衕, 巷道
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| Cangzhou
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衚衕兒, 過道
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| Baoding
|
衚衕兒
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| Shijiazhuang
|
衚衕兒
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| Lijin
|
衚衕, 巷子
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| Jinan
|
衚衕道, 衚衕, 巷子
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
|
衚衕兒
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| Dandong
|
衚衕
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| Yantai
|
衚衕兒
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| Yantai (Muping)
|
衚衕兒
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| Qingdao
|
衚衕
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| Zhucheng
|
衚衕
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| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Lingbao
|
巷子
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| Jining
|
衚衕兒
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| Wanrong
|
衚衕
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| Linfen
|
衚衕兒
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| Shangqiu
|
衚衕
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| Yuanyang
|
衚衕
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| Zhengzhou
|
衚衕兒, 過道兒
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| Xinyang
|
衚衕兒
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| Baihe
|
衚衕, 巷子
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| Xi'an
|
巷子
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| Baoji
|
巷道
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| Tianshui
|
巷子, 巷巷
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| Xining
|
巷道, 巷巷
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| Xuzhou
|
巷口子, 巷口兒
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| Pizhou
|
巷口子
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| Lianyungang (Ganyu)
|
巷子, 小巷子
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| Donghai
|
巷子
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| Fuyang
|
衚衕
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| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
巷子
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| Lanzhou
|
巷道, 巷子, 巷巷子
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| Dunhuang
|
巷子
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| Hami
|
巷子, 巷道
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| Ürümqi
|
巷子
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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巷子, 巷巷兒
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| Nanchong
|
巷子
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| Dazhou
|
巷子
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| Hanyuan
|
巷子
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| Xichang
|
巷巷兒
|
| Zigong
|
巷巷兒
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| Chongqing
|
巷子, 巷巷兒
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| Wuhan
|
巷子, 里分, 里
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| Yichang
|
巷子
|
| Xiangyang
|
巷子, 道子
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| Tianmen
|
巷子
|
| Guiyang
|
巷子
|
| Zunyi
|
巷兒, 巷巷兒
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| Bijie
|
巷巷
|
| Liping
|
弄子
|
| Zhaotong
|
巷巷
|
| Dali
|
沖沖
|
| Kunming
|
巷, 巷巷
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| Mengzi
|
巷巷
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| Guilin
|
巷子
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| Liuzhou
|
巷子
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| Jishou
|
巷子
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| Changde
|
巷兒, 弄兒
|
| Hanzhong
|
衚衕, 巷子, 巷道
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
|
巷子, 巷當
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| Yangzhou
|
巷子
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| Baoying
|
巷子
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| Taizhou
|
巷子
|
| Zhenjiang
|
巷子
|
| Lianyungang
|
巷子
|
| Huai'an (Huaiyin)
|
巷刀子
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| Lianshui
|
巷子
|
| Xuyi
|
巷口子
|
| Nantong
|
巷子
|
| Rugao
|
巷子
|
| Yancheng
|
巷子
|
| Funing
|
巷子
|
| Sihong
|
巷口子
|
| Anqing
|
巷, 巷道
|
| Wuhu
|
巷子
|
| Hefei
|
巷子
|
| Hong'an
|
巷子
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
巷
|
| Hong Kong
|
巷, 巷仔
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
巷
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
巷
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
巷
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
巷
|
| Macau
|
巷
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
巷
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
巷
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
巷
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
冷, 巷
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| Foshan
|
巷
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
巷
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
巷
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
巷
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
巷
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
巷
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
巷
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
巷
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
巷
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
巷
|
| Taishan
|
巷
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
巷
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
巷
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
巷
|
| Dongguan
|
巷, 巷仔
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
巷
|
| Yangjiang
|
巷
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
巷, 巷仔
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
巷子
|
| Lichuan
|
巷仔
|
| Pingxiang
|
巷子
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
巷仔
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
巷仔
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
巷仔
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
巷
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
巷仔
|
| Yudu
|
巷子
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
巷仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
巷仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
巷仔
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
巷, 巷笐
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
巷
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
巷
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| Hong Kong
|
巷
|
| Yangshuo (Jinbao)
|
巷子
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
巷
|
| Huizhou
|
Shexian
|
巷, 巷路
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
巷, 黑浪
|
| Yangyuan
|
巷子, 巷兒
|
| Datong
|
巷兒, 巷
|
| Xinzhou
|
黑浪
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
巷巷
|
| Changzhi
|
圪浪得
|
| Linhe
|
巷子
|
| Jining
|
巷子
|
| Hohhot
|
巷子
|
| Erenhot
|
巷子, 黑浪子
|
| Pingshan
|
衚衕
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
衚衕兒, 巷兒
|
| Handan
|
衚衕, 過道
|
| Linzhou
|
衚衕兒
|
| Suide
|
巷子
|
| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
|
巷仔, 弄仔
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
巷, 巷巷, 巷囝
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
巷巷
|
| Fuqing
|
弄頭
|
| Yongtai
|
弄
|
| Gutian
|
巷囝
|
| Fu'an
|
巷
|
| Ningde
|
弄囝
|
| Shouning
|
巷囝
|
| Zhouning
|
巷囝
|
| Fuding
|
巷囝
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
巷, 巷仔
|
| Quanzhou
|
巷, 巷仔
|
| Zhangzhou
|
巷, 巷仔
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
巷仔
|
| Zhao'an
|
巷仔
|
| Taipei
|
巷
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
巷仔
|
| Kaohsiung
|
巷仔
|
| Yilan
|
巷
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
巷
|
| Taichung
|
巷仔
|
| Tainan
|
巷
|
| Hsinchu
|
巷仔
|
| Kinmen
|
巷
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
巷
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
巷仔
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
巷仔
|
| Chaozhou
|
巷
|
| Shantou
|
巷囝
|
| Jieyang
|
巷, 巷囝
|
| Haifeng
|
巷
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
巷
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
巷囝
|
| Leizhou
|
巷囝
|
| Haikou
|
舊弄巷, 家弄巷, 弄
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
巷
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
弄堂
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
弄堂, 小弄堂
|
| Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)
|
弄堂
|
| Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)
|
弄堂
|
| Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)
|
弄堂
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
弄堂, 弄
|
| Suzhou
|
弄堂, 巷
|
| Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)
|
弄堂
|
| Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
|
弄堂
|
| Wuxi
|
弄堂, 巷
|
| Changshu
|
弄堂
|
| Kunshan
|
弄堂
|
| Nantong (Haimen)
|
弄堂
|
| Jiaxing
|
弄堂
|
| Changzhou
|
弄堂
|
| Liyang
|
巷, 弄堂
|
| Changzhou (Jintan)
|
弄堂
|
| Yixing
|
巷弄, 弄堂
|
| Danyang
|
弄堂
|
| Jingjiang
|
弄堂
|
| Jiangyin
|
弄堂
|
| Nanjing (Gaochun)
|
巷
|
| Huzhou (Shuanglin)
|
巷
|
| Hangzhou
|
巷兒, 弄堂, 弄
|
| Shaoxing
|
弄堂
|
| Zhuji (Wangjiajing)
|
弄堂
|
| Shengzhou
|
弄堂
|
| Shengzhou (Chongren)
|
弄堂
|
| Shengzhou (Taiping)
|
弄堂
|
| Ningbo
|
弄堂, 小弄堂, 小路
|
| Yuyao
|
弄堂
|
| Taizhou (Huangyan)
|
弄堂
|
| Wenzhou
|
巷弄, 巷
|
| Quzhou
|
巷
|
| Jinhua
|
弄堂, 弄, 弄弄
|
| Yongkang
|
巷
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
巷子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
弄子
|
| Hengyang
|
巷子
|
Derived terms
- 死衚衕 / 死胡同 (sǐhútòng)
- 花衚衕 / 花胡同
- 血衚衕 / 血胡同
- 衚衕兒 / 胡同儿 (hútòngr)
- 錦衚衕 / 锦胡同
Descendants
Others:
References
Vietnamese
Noun
衚衕
- chữ Hán form of hồ đồng (“hutong”)