衚衕

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (衚衕/胡同)		衚/胡	衕/同
simp. (胡同)		胡	同

衚衕。

Etymology

First attested in Yuan Dynasty.

Probably a compound from 衕 (tòng, “street, passage”), a native word attested in Shuowen Jiezi, or from Middle Chinese 巷 (MC haewngH).

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hútòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ tung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hútòng → hútong (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ → ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: húto̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-tʻung⁵
    • Yale: hú-tung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.tonq
    • Palladius: хутун (xutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵¹/ → /xu³⁵ tʰʊŋ³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (衚衕兒／胡同儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hútòngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hútòngr
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-tʻung⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: hú-tùngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwutonql
    • Palladius: хутунр (xutunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ tʰʊ̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ tung⁴
    • Yale: wùh tùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ tung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 衚衕

1. hutong (a narrow street, lane, or alley, most commonly in Beijing)

References

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
衚	衕

Proper noun

衚衕

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