Translation of "Hutong" in Chinese

The term "hutong", originally meaning "water well", came from the Mongolian language about 700 years ago.

“胡同”这个词，本意是“水井”，来源于700年前的蒙古语。

One hutong connects with another, siheyuans connect with other siheyuans to form a block, and blocks join with other blocks to form the whole city.

一個胡同連接另一個，四合院和其他四合院形成一個街區，而街區跟其他街區匯集成一個城市。