胡
同

Lane in Chinese: 胡同 (hú tòng)

hú tòng

lane

HSK 52 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1lane
  2. 2alley

Stroke order

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胡
同

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨˊ

hú

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄊㄨㄥˋ

tòng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这是个死胡同。

    zhè shì gè sǐ hú tòng。

    It's a dead end.

  • 我家后面有条胡同。

    wǒ jiā hòu miàn yǒu tiáo hú tòng。

    There's an alley behind my house.

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Related words

同

tóng

like

同学

tóng xué

to study at the same school

同事

tóng shì

colleague

同意

tóng yì

to agree

相同

xiāng tóng

identical

共同

gòng tóng

common

同情

tóng qíng

to sympathize with

合同

hé tong

(business) contract

胡说

hú shuō

to talk nonsense

胡须

hú xū

beard

同时

tóng shí

at the same time

不同

bù tóng

different

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