巷 (xiàng): lane, alley
巷 (xiàng) is a Chinese character meaning “lane.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 共 (structural) and 巳 (structural). It ranks #2325 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- lane
- alley
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小巷noun | xiǎo xiàng | alley |
| 巷子noun | xiàng zi | alley |
| 大街小巷phrase | dà jiē xiǎo xiàng | great streets and small alleys (idiom) |
| 街头巷尾phrase | jiē tóu xiàng wěi | top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom) |
| 万人空巷phrase | wàn rén kōng xiàng | the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate) |
| 巷战noun | xiàng zhàn | (military) street fighting |
| 街巷noun | jiē xiàng | streets and alleys |
| 酒香不怕巷子深 | jiǔ xiāng bù pà xiàng zi shēn | fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom) |
| 东交民巷 | dōng jiāo mín xiàng | East Jiaomin Lane, a street in central Beijing and its surrounding district, formerly known as the Peking Legation Qu... |
| 街谈巷议phrase | jiē tán xiàng yì | (idiom) town gossip |
| 街知巷闻phrase | jiē zhī xiàng wén | to be known to everyone |
| 里巷noun | lǐ xiàng | lane |
| 烟花巷noun | yān huā xiàng | red-light district |
| 死巷noun | sǐ xiàng | blind alley |
| 烟花柳巷noun | yān huā liǔ xiàng | red-light district |
巷 appears in 18 compound words: 17 as the first character, 61 as the last, and 22 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 巷 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Showing 6 of 7 idioms containing 巷.
Example Sentences
巷字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
xiàng zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "巷" has different usages in different contexts.
元宵文化大游行暨大汇演 万人空巷庆元宵
yuán xiāo wén huà dà yóu háng jì dà huì yǎn wàn rén kōng xiàng qìng yuán xiāo
Lantern Festival Cultural Parade and Parade Ten Thousand people celebrate the Lantern Festival in empty alleys
...先新春大团拜” 财神爷骑马游街拜年万人空巷 黄瑞林建议挖掘巴生旅游特色
. . . xiān xīn chūn dà tuán bài cái shén yé qí mǎ yóu jiē bài nián wàn rén kōng xiàng huáng ruì lín jiàn yì wā jué bā shēng lǚ yóu tè sè
... First New Year's group worship" God of Wealth rides horses to pay New Year's greetings to thousands of people in empty alleys Huang Ruilin suggested exploring the characteristics of Klang tourism
好评中国丨从街巷到心头,非遗年俗解锁文化新表达
hǎo píng zhōng guó 丨 cóng jiē xiàng dào xīn tóu , fēi yí nián sú jiě suǒ wén huà xīn biǎo dá
Praise China丨From the streets to the heart, intangible cultural heritage customs unlock new cultural expressions
巷弄不念“ㄋㄨㄥˋ” 正确读音曝!家长愣:...
xiàng nòng bù niàn zhèng què dòu yīn pù ! jiā cháng lèng : . . .
The alley does not pronounce "ㄋㄨㄥˋ" correctly pronounced and exposed! Parents were stunned: ...
春晚的另一场“巷战”:AI挤进春节档,不止为了发红..
chūn wǎn de lìng yī chǎng xiàng zhàn : A I jǐ jìn chūn jié dàng , bù zhǐ wéi le fā hóng . .
Another "street battle" of the Spring Festival Gala: AI squeezes into the Spring Festival stalls, not only to be popular:
我在小巷子里转向了。
Wǒ zài xiǎoxiàng zǐ lǐ zhuǎnxiàng le.
I turned into a small alleyway.
幸好，在狄马睡觉的小巷外面，刚好有一家阿玛尼。
Xìnghǎo, zài Dímǎ shuìjiào de xiǎoxiàng wàimiàn, gānghǎo yǒu yī jiā āmǎní.
Thankfully, there was an Armani store just outside the alley where Dima had slept.
Character Family
己 Radical Family — Characters sharing the self radical
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