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巷

xiàng

HSK 6 Character

What 巷 means

lane
alley

Example sentences

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.
我在黑暗的巷子中绊倒，膝盖砸在柏油路上。一块木板盖着巷弄的房屋之间的电线。深夜的巷弄非常之暗。我的眼镜从眼睛上掉了下来。幸好有一位带着手电筒的广东工人帮忙。我的膝盖只是擦破了皮。我想起另一次膝盖摔伤是在菲律宾奎松市的唐荷西高地。那里有一大片火星般的红土地，遍地长满了「塔拉希布」草。有时工人会故意纵火烧草。我和哥哥当时还在外面玩。那时我们还未到青春期。在燃烧的野草旁，我摔倒了，膝盖着地。我的贝贝姥姥愤怒不已。家里的女佣在车库后面的大磁砖水槽里帮我清洗了双腿。

I tripped in the alleyway in the darkness, as I crashed my knees on the asphalt. There was a wooden board that covered a wire between houses across the alleyway. It was very dark there at night. My eyeglasses fell off my face. Luckily, a Cantonese labourer with a flashlight helped me. My knees just got scraped. I remember another time when I crashed on my knees. It was at Don José Heights in Quezon City in the Philippines. There was a vastness of Martianesque red soil, wherein the "talahib" grass grew. Sometimes, workers intentionally set the grass on fire. My brother and I were still playing, even then, outside. We were still prepubescent. Near burning grass, I stumbled on my knees. My grandmother, Lola Bebe, was so angry. A maid washed my legs in the big tiled sink behind the garage.

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Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

Sounds the same

Read xiàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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