Some people believe that "hutong" sounds like a Mongolian word, but there are arguments over that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Yu Meng] Reference

Beijing's historical old city – hutong is beautiful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diane Wei Liang - An interview with author] Reference

Dotted around the hutong are the Drum and Bell Towers, Tea House, and local people's houses.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

There, I believe the phenomenon is linked to the fact that a hutong is a tightly knitted community where everyone knows everyone else.    From Wordnik.com.  [More P.J.s!] Reference

Where does the word hutong come from?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Yu Meng] Reference

So what does the word hutong literally mean?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Yu Meng] Reference

His former residence in Beijing is also preserved in a "hutong" (alley).    From Wordnik.com.  [Channel NewsAsia Front Page News] Reference

It is a typical morning in a typical Beijing hutong.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Backstreets of a Changing City'] Reference

A hutong resident prepares vegetables in her courtyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Yu Meng] Reference

A hutong resident puts his bicycle away in a courtyard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Yu Meng] Reference

I grew up in a one-story courtyard house along a hutong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Luo] Reference

(A hutong is an alley formed between adjoining siheyuan.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Rooms With a Past] Reference

Take a cab to Houhai Lake and find a pedicab hutong tour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beijing] Reference

It is the cheapest brand sold on our hutong, and tastes it.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Backstreets of a Changing City'] Reference

The Widow, like most hutong residents, will not have a choice.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Backstreets of a Changing City'] Reference

Did the hutong style develop over time, did it change very much?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Yu Meng] Reference

The narrow entrance to the Luos 'hutong is just behind the cyclist.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Luo] Reference

A trishaw barely fits in Qianshi hutong, the city's narrowest hutong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memory Lanes] Reference

That was also part of the old hutong culture -- and it still is today.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Yu Meng] Reference

A hutong from above By far the biggest preservation battle is in Beijing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memory Lanes] Reference

If someone came to Beijing, what would be the best way to visit a hutong?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Yu Meng] Reference

Does the government ever provide financial assistance to hutong residents?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Matthew Hu Xinyu] Reference

Neighbors shop and get their daily necessities along this commercial hutong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Yu Meng] Reference

Do you feel more connected with your past, living here, along an old hutong?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Luo] Reference

Down went old hutong alleyways, courtyard houses, and the ancient city walls.    From Wordnik.com.  [When a Billion Chinese Jump] Reference

But there are younger people who also want to live in the hutong neighborhoods.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Yu Meng] Reference

Meats and fruit left outside to dry in a hutong on a cool November day (Photo by Liu Bowen).    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Yu Meng] Reference

AP Photo/Greg Baker Rooftops of courtyard houses line a Beijing hutong, pictured here in 2006.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saving China's Past] Reference

The low-lying, gray-roofed hutong neighborhoods of "Old Beijing" are also depicted in the model.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interview with Liu Bowen] Reference

Jianchang is lined with fruit stalls and laundry on the line, a true glimpse at old hutong life.    From Wordnik.com.  [City Walk: Beijing] Reference

In one episode, she attends the wake of an old hutong dweller who died under mysterious circumstances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crime And Consequences In Beijing's Back Alleys] Reference

I could steer you to a bustling hutong where I buy socks and oranges and talk to babies and their grandmas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Susan Orlins: Worrywart's 8 Stress-Reducing Things to Do in Beijing] Reference

There were over 7,000 hutong in Beijing in 1949, but the number dropped by nearly half to 3,900 in the 1980s.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeff Morgan: China's Heritage Sites In Danger (SLIDESHOW)] Reference

Beer is the best accompaniment to the sometimes spicy food, but there are hutong experiences for oenophiles, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [After Hours: Beijing] Reference

Then turn into any hutong and lose yourself in a maze of these narrow lanes, lined with courtyard houses that feature sloping tile roofs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Susan Orlins: Worrywart's 8 Stress-Reducing Things to Do in Beijing] Reference