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街

jiē

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What 街 means

1. street

Example sentences

• 他站在街角。
  He was standing at the street corner.
• 那街道非常吵。
  That street is very noisy.
• 第一条街右转。
  Take the first street to the right.
• 母亲去了逛街。
  Mother has gone shopping.
• 邮局在街那头。
  The post office is down the street.
• 下一个街角左转。
  Xiàyīge jiē jiǎo zuǒzhuǎn.
  Turn left at the next corner.

Words starting with 街

• 街道jiē dàostreet; subdistrict; residential district
• 街上jiē shangon the street; in town
• 街头jiē tóustreet
• 街坊jiē fāngneighborhood; neighbor
• 街区jiē qūblock; neighborhood
• 街市jiē shìdowntown area; commercial district; (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace…
• 街灯jiē dēngstreetlight
• 街巷jiē xiàngstreets and alleys; street; alley
• 街景jiē jǐngstreetscape
• 街道办事处jiē dào bàn shì chù(mainland) subdistrict office (basic-level urban administrative unit)
• 街头巷尾jiē tóu xiàng wěitop of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
• 街机jiē jīarcade machine
• 街段jiē duànblock
• 街访jiē fǎngstreet interview (abbr. for 街头采访
• 街门jiē méngate or door facing the street
• 街道办jiē dào bàn(mainland) subdistrict office (basic-level urban administrative unit) (abbr. for 街道办事处
• 街头艺人jiē tóu yì rénbusker; street artist
• 街舞jiē wǔstreet dance (e.g. breakdance)
• 街旁Jiē pángJiepang…
• 街坊邻里jiē fang lín lǐneighbors; the whole neighborhood
• 街头霸王Jiē tóu Bà wángStreet Fighter (video game series)
• 街溜子jiē liū zitown idler
• 街知巷闻jiē zhī xiàng wénto be known to everyone
• 街谈巷议jiē tán xiàng yì(idiom) town gossip; streetcorner conversations

Words containing 街

• 大街dà jiēstreet; main street
• 上街shàng jiēto go onto the streets; to go shopping
• 大街小巷dà jiē xiǎo xiànggreat streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
• 步行街bù xíng jiēcar-free zone; pedestrian street
• 唐人街Táng rén JiēChinatown
• 华尔街Huá ěr JiēWall Street, New York; by extension, American big business
• 临街lín jiēfacing the street
• 当街dāng jiēin the middle of the street; facing the street
• 华尔街日报Huá ěr jiē Rì bàoWall Street Journal
• 游街yóu jiēto parade sb through the streets; to march or parade in the streets
• 骂街mà jiēto shout abuses in the street
• 过街天桥guò jiē tiān qiáoskywalk; pedestrian bridge
• 横街héng jiēside street; road branching from the main street
• 站街zhàn jiē(of a prostitute) to walk the streets to solicit customers
• 老街Lǎo jiēLao Cai, Vietnam; Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar)
• 花街huā jiēred-light district
• 高街gāo jiēhigh street (main street of a town or city) (loanword)
• 丁字街dīng zì jiēT-junction
• 上街区Shàng jiē QūShangjie, a district of Zhengzhou City 郑州市
• 地下街dì xià jiēunderground shopping arcade; underground mall
• 站街女zhàn jiē nǚstreetwalker
• 美食街měi shí jiēfood court; food street
• 临街房lín jiē fángthe store front; the part of a house facing the street serving as a store
• 艺术造街yì shù zào jiēcity precinct with a streetscape created by artists

Characters that look like 街

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

• 聊liáo(colloquial) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly
• 椅yǐchair
• 御yù(bound form) imperial; royal; (literary) to drive (a carriage); (literary) to manage…
• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 衔xiánbit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings)
• 辋wǎngtire; wheel band

Sounds the same

Read jiē, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 揭to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
• 皆all; each and every; in all cases
• 楷Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)
• 结(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. jié
• 嗟sigh; also pr. juē
• 秸grain stalks left after threshing
• 疖pimple; sore; boil
• 椄(archaic) to graft (a branch, bud etc)
• 湝flowing (of water)
• 喈harmonious (of music)