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橫街窄巷

waang4 gaai1 zaak3 hong6*2

an alley

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This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

橫街窄巷

This word was added by bybell on 10th Nov 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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橫 waang4 waang6 gwong1 huang4 guang4 guang1 heng2 {heng - [1] crosswise; horizontal; lateral [2] east to
街 gaai1 jie1 - street
窄 zaak3 zhai3 ze2 - [1] narrow; tight; contracted [2] narrow-minde
巷 hong6 xiang4 hang4 - alley; lane

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