FEEDBACK

Meaning of 巷

Use your mouse
to draw a Chinese
character here
Pinyin: xiàng
English Definition: lane; alley
Chinese Definition:
①胡同,里弄:小巷。陋巷。穷巷。巷陌(街道)。巷战(在城市街巷里进行的战斗)。穷街陋巷。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ gòng ] all, total; together; to share
    • [ ] the hours from 9 to 11; 6th terrestrial branch
Similar Characters:
Step by Step Stroke Sequence: Download Customize Pin it
Stroke order image for Chinese character 巷
Example Words
大街小巷 jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
街巷 jiē xiàng streets and alleys; street; alley
巷子 xiàng zi alley
街头巷尾 jiē tóu xiàng wěi top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
街谈巷议 jiē tán xiàng (idiom) town gossip; streetcorner conversations
More: 巷* | *巷 | *巷*
Example Sentences
1
This alley is where I lived when I was young.
2
Fuguo then made a phone call and soon we were being ushered past a goat into a back alley decorated with colourful paper flowers.
3
Guests would have been led down 'Diagon Alley' by the side of the house and been met by a portrait of the "Fat Lady" who would have demanded a password before they could be let in.
4
So long as she was in Boulanger Lane and in the neighborhood of the church, the lighted stalls illuminated the road; but soon the last light from the last stall vanished.
5
They headed down one of the side alleys between more rows of buildings that all seemed built for patrons long dead.