alley; lane
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
alley; lane; narrow street
dialectCommonly used in southern Chinese dialects (e.g., Wu, Xiang, Gan, Min, Yue). In Standard Mandarin, it is more colloquial than 巷 (xiàng). The suffix 子 is neutral tone.
Qǐng请
zài在
xiàng巷
zi子
kǒu口
děng等
wǒ我
。
Please wait for me at the entrance of the alley.
Zhè这
tiáo条
xiàng巷
zi子
lǐ里
zhù住
zhe着
liù六
hù户
rén人
jiā家
。
Six families live in this alley.
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Zhè这
tiáo条
xiàng巷
zi子
hěn很
zhǎi窄
，
qì汽
chē车
kāi开
bù不
jìn进
qù去
。
This alley is very narrow; cars cannot drive in.
Tā他
men们
zhù住
zài在
tóng同
yī一
tiáo条
xiàng巷
zi子
lǐ里
，
shì是
duō多
nián年
de的
lín邻
jū居
。
They live in the same alley and have been neighbors for many years.