hutong

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 衚衕 / 胡同 (hútòng), 胡同 (hútòng, “narrow street”), probably: from Mongolian гудам (gudam), from Middle Mongol ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮ (ɣudum, “corridor, passage, passageway”); or from Mongolian худаг (xudag), ᠬᠤᠳᠳᠤᠭ (quddug, “water well”) (from the prevalence of wells where people lived). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhuːtɒŋ/, /-tʊŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhuˈtɑŋ/, /-tʊŋ/ Hyphenation: hu‧tong === Noun === hutong (plural hutongs or hutong) A narrow alley or street in a traditional residential district of a city in China, especially Beijing. [from 19th c.] For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hutong. ==== Alternative forms ==== hutung (dated) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === hutong on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “hutung, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2020. === Anagrams === hognut, hotgun, nought