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xiàng = xi + ang4
lane / alley
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How to pronounce 巷

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ang4 final

In the anglepod’s bathroom.

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巷 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
gòng = gu + (e)ng4
common / general / to share / together / total / altogether / abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
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= s + Ø4
6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
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Characters with 巷 as component

gǎng = g + ang3
Hong Kong, abbr. for 香港[Xiang1 gang3] / surname Gang
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gǎng = g + ang3
harbor / port / CL:個|个[ge4]
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gǎng = g + ang3
Hong Kong (abbr. for 香港[Xiang1 gang3]) / surname Gang
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Words with 巷

great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city

Sentences with 巷

巷 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xiàng

lane / alley

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