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Usage of the character 巷

xiàng
[巷]
  • lane
  • alley
xiànglòng
巷弄
[巷弄]
  • alley
  • lane
lǐxiàng
里巷
[里巷]
  • lane
  • alley
zhǎixiàng
窄巷
[窄巷]
  • narrow alley
  • narrow street
xiàngzi
巷子
[巷子]
  • alley
jiēxiàng
街巷
[街巷]
  • streets and alleys
  • street
  • alley
xiàngzhàn
巷战
[巷戰]
  • (military) street fighting; urban combat
xiǎoxiàng
小巷
[小巷]
  • alley
sǐxiàng
死巷
[死巷]
  • blind alley; dead end
yānhuāxiàng
烟花巷
[煙花巷]
  • red-light district
jiēzhīxiàngwén
街知巷闻
[街知巷聞]
  • to be known to everyone
jiētánxiàngyì
街谈巷议
[街談巷議]
  • (idiom) town gossip
  • streetcorner conversations
jiētóuxiàngwěi
街头巷尾
[街頭巷尾]
  • top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
yānhuāliǔxiàng
烟花柳巷
[煙花柳巷]
  • red-light district
huājiēliǔxiàng
花街柳巷
[花街柳巷]
  • (idiom) red-light district
wànrénkōngxiàng
万人空巷
[萬人空巷]
  • the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate)
  • the whole town turns out
Dōng Jiāomín Xiàng
东交民巷
[東交民巷]
  • East Jiaomin Lane, a street in central Beijing and its surrounding district, formerly known as the Peking Legation Quarter, where foreign diplomatic missions were located during the period 1861–1959
dàjiēxiǎoxiàng
大街小巷
[大街小巷]
  • great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
jiǔxiāngbùpàxiàngzishēn
酒香不怕巷子深
[酒香不怕巷子深]
  • fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom)
  • quality goods need no advertising