# 衚衕
## Chinese

* 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): wu$^4$ tung$^4$
* 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: hu$^2$-tʻung$^5$
*** Yale: hú-tung
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu.tonq
*** Palladius: хутун (xutun)
*** Sinological IPA : /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: hu$^2$-tʻung$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: hú-tùngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwutonql
*** Palladius: хутунр (xutunr)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu³⁵ tʰʊ̃ɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^4$ tung$^4$
*** Yale: wùh tùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^4$ tung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^4$ tung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/

### Noun

衚衕
* hutong (a narrow street, lane, or alley, most commonly in Beijing)
       Běijīng de chūntiān hěn shìhé qíchē guàng hútòng. [Pinyin]
       Beijing’s spring is very suitable for cycling around the hutongs.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 巷 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 衚衕, 巷子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 衚衕兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 巷子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 衚衕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 衚衕兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 衚衕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 衚衕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 衚衕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 衚衕兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 衚衕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 衚衕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 衚衕兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 衚衕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 衚衕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 衚衕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 衚衕兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 衚衕, 巷道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 衚衕兒, 過道 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 衚衕兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 衚衕兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 衚衕, 巷子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 衚衕道, 衚衕, 巷子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 衚衕兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 衚衕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 衚衕兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 衚衕兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 衚衕 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 衚衕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 巷子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 衚衕兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 衚衕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 衚衕兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 衚衕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 衚衕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 衚衕兒, 過道兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 衚衕兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 衚衕, 巷子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 巷子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 巷道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 巷子, 巷巷 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 巷道, 巷巷 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 巷口子, 巷口兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 衚衕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 巷子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 巷道, 巷子, 巷巷子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 巷子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 巷子, 巷道 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 巷子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 巷子, 巷巷兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 巷子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 巷子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 巷子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 巷巷兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 巷巷兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 巷子, 巷巷兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 巷子, 里分, 里 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 巷子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 巷子, 道子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 巷子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 巷子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 巷兒, 巷巷兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 巷巷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 弄子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 巷巷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 沖沖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 巷, 巷巷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 巷巷 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 巷子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 巷子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 巷子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 巷兒, 弄兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 衚衕, 巷子, 巷道 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 巷子, 巷當 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 巷子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 巷子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 巷子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 巷子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 巷, 巷道 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 巷子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 巷子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 巷子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 巷, 巷仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 冷, 巷 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 巷, 巷仔 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 巷 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 巷, 巷仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 巷子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 巷仔 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 巷子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 巷仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 巷仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 巷仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 巷 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 巷仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 巷子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 巷仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 巷仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 巷仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 巷, 巷笐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 巷 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 巷 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 巷 |
| Hakka | Yangshuo (Jinbao) | 巷子 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 巷 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 巷, 巷路 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 巷, 黑浪 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 巷子, 巷兒 |
| Jin | Datong | 巷兒, 巷 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 黑浪 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 巷巷 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 圪浪得 |
| Jin | Linhe | 巷子 |
| Jin | Jining | 巷子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 巷子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 巷子, 黑浪子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 衚衕 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 衚衕兒, 巷兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 衚衕, 過道 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 衚衕兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 巷子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 巷仔, 弄仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 巷, 巷巷, 巷囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 巷巷 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 弄頭 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 弄 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 巷囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 巷 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 弄囝 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 巷囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 巷囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 巷囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 巷, 巷仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 巷, 巷仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 巷, 巷仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 巷仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 巷 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 巷仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 巷仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 巷 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 巷 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 巷仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 巷 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 巷仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 巷 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 巷 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 巷仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 巷 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 巷囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 巷, 巷囝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 巷 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 巷 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 巷囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 巷囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 舊弄巷, 家弄巷, 弄 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 巷 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 弄堂, 小弄堂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 弄堂, 弄 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 弄堂, 巷 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Changshu | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Liyang | 巷, 弄堂 |
| Wu | Changzhou (Jintan) | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Yixing | 巷弄, 弄堂 |
| Wu | Danyang | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Jiangyin | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 巷 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 巷兒, 弄堂, 弄 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Zhuji (Wangjiajing) | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Shengzhou | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Chongren) | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Taiping) | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 弄堂, 小弄堂, 小路 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 弄堂 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 巷弄, 巷 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 巷 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 弄堂, 弄, 弄弄 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 巷 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 巷子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 弄子 |

#### Derived terms

* 死衚衕／死胡同 (sǐhútòng)
* 花衚衕／花胡同
* 血衚衕／血胡同
* 衚衕兒／胡同儿 (hútòngr)
* 錦衚衕／锦胡同

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 胡(こ)同(どう) (kodō)
* → Vietnamese: hồ đồng (衚衕)
Others:
* → English: hutong
* → Japanese: 胡同(フートン) (fūton)

### References

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

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 衚 | 衕 |

### Noun

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