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单词 hutong
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Definition of hutong in English:

hutong

nounPlural hutongsˈhuːtɒŋˈhutɑŋ
  • A narrow lane or alleyway in a traditional residential area of a Chinese city, especially Beijing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Last week I visited some friends in the evening, in a tiny little hutong near the Drum Tower.
    • I have always lived in a hutong, a traditional Beijing alley.
    • I grew up in the old hutongs (alleyways) of Beijing.
    • We went through a hutong or alley in Old Beijing.
    • Thousands of people can live in a hutong which is made up of hundreds of quadrangular courtyards each surrounded by four homes.
    • The Courtyard, a traditional unique folk house in the hutongs, has a long history in Chinese architecture.
    • There are tens of thousands of hutongs surrounding the Forbidden City.
    • Where there is a hutong, there is a story.
    • In the 1950s, hutongs covered 11 million square metres.
    • We met Shen Mai, or Snow Plum Blossom, a young woman in her early 30s who has lived in the same house in the same hutong all her life.
    • Beside every high-rise tower still lie the hutongs, cramped alleyways of communal housing without clean water or electricity.
    • There are very few lights in a hutong at night.
    • Among people living in the same hutong there exists a very special degree of familiarity.
    • On October 16, he became perhaps Beijing's oldest resident to take the plunge into business, opening a little shop in a hutong just behind Qianmen.
    • Outside the temple you may find some locals who will offer their rickshaw hutongs tours.
    • At the same time, extra parking lots could be provided in the vicinity of the hutongs.
    • The gradual decline of the hutongs was furthered in the period 1974-86 by the construction of tall buildings on company premises in the courtyards, replacing many old houses.
    • Thus the future of the hutongs has become a lively public debate.
    • I've gone walking in a hutong during lunch hour in spring.
    • The area of dilapidated hutongs was only 800,000 square meters.

Origin

Chinese hútòng, probably from Mongolian gudum.

 
 

Definition of hutong in US English:

hutong

nounˈhutɑŋˈho͞otäNG
  • A narrow lane or alleyway in a traditional residential area of a Chinese city, especially Beijing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the 1950s, hutongs covered 11 million square metres.
    • I grew up in the old hutongs (alleyways) of Beijing.
    • Where there is a hutong, there is a story.
    • Outside the temple you may find some locals who will offer their rickshaw hutongs tours.
    • Beside every high-rise tower still lie the hutongs, cramped alleyways of communal housing without clean water or electricity.
    • Last week I visited some friends in the evening, in a tiny little hutong near the Drum Tower.
    • I've gone walking in a hutong during lunch hour in spring.
    • There are tens of thousands of hutongs surrounding the Forbidden City.
    • On October 16, he became perhaps Beijing's oldest resident to take the plunge into business, opening a little shop in a hutong just behind Qianmen.
    • We met Shen Mai, or Snow Plum Blossom, a young woman in her early 30s who has lived in the same house in the same hutong all her life.
    • The gradual decline of the hutongs was furthered in the period 1974-86 by the construction of tall buildings on company premises in the courtyards, replacing many old houses.
    • The Courtyard, a traditional unique folk house in the hutongs, has a long history in Chinese architecture.
    • Among people living in the same hutong there exists a very special degree of familiarity.
    • Thousands of people can live in a hutong which is made up of hundreds of quadrangular courtyards each surrounded by four homes.
    • At the same time, extra parking lots could be provided in the vicinity of the hutongs.
    • There are very few lights in a hutong at night.
    • Thus the future of the hutongs has become a lively public debate.
    • The area of dilapidated hutongs was only 800,000 square meters.
    • We went through a hutong or alley in Old Beijing.
    • I have always lived in a hutong, a traditional Beijing alley.

Origin

Chinese hútòng, probably from Mongolian gudum.

 
 
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