alley, side street

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
行 meaning component

  Meaning component

xíngháng

  

walk

胡 sound component

  Sound component

  

beard

Definitions

() 

lane, alley, side street; see 衚衕|胡同[hú​tòng]

Most common words with 衚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

reckless

胡锦涛

Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CPC 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013

胡子

beard

胡说

drivel

胡萝卜

carrot