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胡同

hú tòng

lane; alley

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Meanings

hú tòng

  1. lane; alley
  2. variant of 胡同[hu2 tong4]

Measure word: 条 tiáo

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In sentences

胡同hú tòng是shì一种yī zhǒng跟gēn中国Zhōng guó北京Běi jīng有关yǒu guān的de窄zhǎi街jiē路lù。Hutongs are a type of narrow street, most commonly associated with Beijing, China. #747604

在zài北京Běi jīng,胡同hú tòng是shì由yóu四合院sì hé yuàn的de传统chuán tǒng居所jū suǒ排pái形成xíng chéng。In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuans, the traditional courtyard residences. #747620

“胡同hú tòng”这个zhè ge词cí,本意běn yì是shì“水井shuǐ jǐng”,来源于lái yuán yú700年前nián qián的de蒙古语Měng gǔ yǔ。The term "hutong", originally meaning "water well", came from the Mongolian language about 700 years ago. #747610

他们tā men的de四合院sì hé yuàn要yào小xiǎo得dé多duō,设计shè jì和hé装饰zhuāng shì也yě比较bǐ jiào简单jiǎn dān,胡同hú tòng也yě比较bǐ jiào窄zhǎi。Their siheyuans were far smaller in scale and simpler in design and decoration, and the hutongs were narrower. #747918

最近zuì jìn,有些yǒu xiē胡同hú tòng被bèi指定zhǐ dìng为wèi保护区bǎo hù qū,以yǐ试图shì tú保存bǎo cún这zhè方面fāng miàn的de中国Zhōng guó文化wén huà历史lì shǐ。More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history. #747931

因为yīn wèi几乎jī hū所有suǒ yǒu的de四合院sì hé yuàn有yǒu南面nán miàn的de门mén和hé主要zhǔ yào楼房lóu fáng,所以suǒ yǐ大部分dà bù fen的de胡同hú tòng是shì从cóng东dōng到dào西xī建造jiàn zào的de。Nearly all siheyuans had their main buildings and gates facing south for better lighting, so a majority of hutongs run from east to west. #747924

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