Chinese word dictionary

胡同

hútòng · lane; alley; CL:條|条[tiao2]; variant of 胡同[hu2 tong4]

Word information

Simplified胡同
Traditional胡同/衚衕
Pinyinhútòng
Part of speech
HSK 3.05
HSK 2.05

How to learn 胡同

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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