衚衕

Chinese

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衚衕。

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

  1. 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

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Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (衚衕):
  • → Japanese: 胡(こ)同(どう) (kodō)
  • → Vietnamese: hồ đồng (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Others:

References
  1. https://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=gb&char=衕
  2. https://media.weibo.cn/article?id=2309404334995660497125

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
衚衕

Noun

衚衕

  1. chữ Hán form of hồ đồng (“hutong”).
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