hutong
Sign in to savethumb|275px|A hutong in Beijing thumb|275px|right|Entrance to a residence in a hutong
Key facts
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- borrowing of Middle Mongolian quddug ("water well")
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- hútòng
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- Hutong
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- 胡同
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- 衚衕 or 胡同
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Historical hutongs
- In the Republic of China era
- In the People's Republic
- Culture
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|275px|A hutong in Beijing thumb|275px|right|Entrance to a residence in a hutong
Hutong () are a type of narrow street or alley commonly associated with northern Chinese cities, especially Beijing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hutong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.