Hutong

Some people believe that "hutong" sounds like a Mongolian word, but there are arguments over that. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Beijing's historical old city – hutong is beautiful. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For older people, the hutong is their home: it's where their friends are, it's where they get their daily necessities, it's where they play chess, it's where they chat with their old buddies. ❋ Unknown (2008)

There, I believe the phenomenon is linked to the fact that a hutong is a tightly knitted community where everyone knows everyone else. ❋ The Year In Pictures (2008)

Dotted around the hutong are the Drum and Bell Towers, Tea House, and local people's houses.

David Gray/Reuters A woman removed concrete from bricks amid the rubble of a demolished dwelling in a "hutong", or small alley, in Beijing on Thursday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For centuries, the golden roof and red walls of the emperor's palace and the narrow gray "hutong" alleyways between courtyard homes defined Beijing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

While you may feel like a bit of a touristy dork, it's the easiest way with kids to get into Beijing's old twisty "hutong" alleyways, which are must-sees. ❋ Unknown (2007)

No talk about public space in this article, evolution we have censored ourselves and degraded our but the word 'hutong' is mentioned 5 and Mao 2 times. capacity for critical thinking. ❋ Unknown (2008)

His former residence in Beijing is also preserved in a "hutong" (alley). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Jason Lee/Reuters A woman talked on the phone at a bicycle repair shop on the corner of a hutong, a traditional Chinese alleyway, in central Beijing on Sunday. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Experts estimate that other hutong - the name for the lanes of like low-rise homes -- are being demolished at a rate of about 600 a year. ❋ ARTINFO (2012)

Meile says he remembers walking down a narrow alley, or hutong, into a house Ai shared with his mother. ❋ Kelly Crow (2011)

Another hutong option is Mao Mao Chong, a five-table bar offering China-themed drinks such as the Maojito, a gingery take on the Mojito, and the Jing Fling, based on China's not-for-the-faint-of-heart baijiu liquor. ❋ Josh Chin (2012)

From their apartment window, they can see neighbors in the hutong strolling about in bathrobes, carrying toothbrushes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Across the street, the remains of an old hutong, or traditional form of Chinese housing with public toilets, still stands. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Shut up you [hutong]! [Man look] at that hutong. Why did you jack [my car] it was really hutong. ❋ Brooke And Mary (2004)