巷 (hong6 | xiang4 hang4) : lane; alley

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巷

hong6

xiang4 hang4

[粵] hong6 [國] xiang4
lane; alley

[粵] hong6 [國] hang4
underground tunnel or roadway for mining

(Classifier(s): 條)

Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 己 (#49)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

巷

This word has been viewed 6174 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Mar 2014 09:36

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街巷 gaai1 hong6 = street 粵

巷仔 hong6 zai2 = alley (slang) 粵

巷戰 hong6 zin3 xiang4 zhan4 = street fighting

冷巷 laang5 hong6*2 = deserted lane; an alley 粵

橫街窄巷 waang4 gaai1 zaak3 hong6*2 = an alley 粵

大街小巷 daai6 gaai1 siu2 hong6 da4 jie1 xiao3 xiang4 = large streets and small lanes

小巷 siu2 hong6 xiao3 xiang4 = [n] alley, a narrow lane

掘頭巷 gwat6 tau4 hong6*2 = an impasse; a blind alley

窄巷 zaak3 hong6 = [n] alley

街知巷聞 gaai1 zi1 hong6 man4 jie1 zhi1 xiang4 wen2 = known to everyone; known and heard of in the streets and alleys
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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 巷
Unicode code for this character: U+5df7 (off-site link)

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