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What does 胡同 mean?

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胡同 hútòng

alley; lane; hutong

Its characters

  1. 胡 hú (historical) non-Han peoples in the north and west
  2. 同 tòng lane

In a sentence

他家住在一条老胡同里。 His family lives in an old hutong.

在北京,手机导航有时会告诉你:“前方五十米右转,进入胡同。

From 胡同是什么? · What is a Beijing hutong?

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