胡同
Old HSK 5
胡同 (hútòng) · alley
胡同 (hútòng) means “alley; lane (esp. in Beijing)”. It is written with 2 characters: 胡 (recklessly) + 同 (same). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 胡同 is built
The characters
胡 hú · recklessly
What 胡 is made of
- 古gǔ — old
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- ⺼ — meat
同 tóng · same
What 同 is made of
- 凡fán — any
- 几jǐ — how many
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
- 丶 — dot
- 几jǐ — how many
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: Sharing a common 凡 tongue 口 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
北京有很多老胡同。Běijīng yǒu hěnduō lǎo hútòng.Beijing has many old alleys.
我小时候住在一条胡同里。Wǒ xiǎoshíhou zhù zài yī tiáo hútòng lǐ.I lived in an alley when I was young.
Questions about 胡同
What does 胡同 mean?
胡同 (hútòng) means “alley; lane (esp. in Beijing)”.
How do you pronounce 胡同?
胡同 is pronounced hútòng.
Which HSK level is 胡同?
胡同 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 胡说húshuōto talk nonsense
- 胡乱húluàncarelessly
- 胡须húxūbeard
- 同学tóngxuéclassmate
- 不同bùtóngdifferent
- 同时tóngshíat the same time
- 同事tóngshìcolleague
- 同样tóngyàngsame
- 相同xiāngtóngidentical
- 共同gòngtóngcommon
Learn 胡同 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 41: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.