街
jiē
Pinyin

Definition

街
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jiē
  1. street
  2. CL:條|条[tiáo]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

街
jiē
  1. 1 street
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
逛街
guàng jiē
  1. 1 to take a walk
  2. 2 to window-shop
  3. 3 to stroll down the street
上街
shàng jiē
  1. 1 to go onto the streets
  2. 2 to go shopping
大街
dà jiē
  1. 1 street
  2. 2 main street
  3. 3 classifier: 条 tiáo
步行街
bù xíng jiē
  1. 1 car-free zone
  2. 2 pedestrian street

Idioms (4)

大街小巷
dà jiē xiǎo xiàng
  1. 1 great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
老鼠过街，人人喊打
lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ
  1. 1 lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyone detests a lowlife
街谈巷议
jiē tán xiàng yì
  1. 1 the talk of the town (idiom)
街头巷尾
jiē tóu xiàng wěi
  1. 1 top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city

Sample Sentences

我要到北京老街吃烤鸭。
wǒ yào dào Běijīng lǎo jiē chī kǎoyā 。
I want to go to Beijing old street to have roast duck.
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威尼斯街头不少游客和居民穿长筒靴涉水出行。
Wēinísī jiētóu bùshǎo yóukè hé jūmín chuān chángtǒngxuē shèshuǐ chūxíng 。
Many tourists and residents in the city wore long boots and waded through the water.
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买咖啡呀。没看到吗，门口咖啡店的队都排到街上了。
mǎi kāfēi ya 。méi kàndào ma ，ménkǒu kāfēidiàn de duì dōu pái dào jiēshang le 。
To buy coffee. Can’t you see, the queue to the coffee shop has stretched to the street.
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游走在街头，一个人孤单。
yóuzǒu zài jiētóu ，yīgē rén gūdān 。
I am alone wandering on the street.
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老鼠过街，人人喊打
lǎoshǔ guò jiē ，rénrén hǎn dǎ
The scum of the earth.
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这位政治人物偷了政府很多钱，他现在不但没有工作，老婆也离开他了。这就是“老鼠过街，人人喊打”。
zhè wèi zhèngzhì rénwù tōu le zhèngfǔ hěn duō qián ，tā xiànzài bùdàn méiyǒu gōngzuò ，lǎopó yě líkāi tā le 。zhè jiù shì “lǎoshǔguòjiē,rénrénhǎndǎ ”。
The politician stole a lot of money from the government. He lost not only his job but also his wife. That’s what we call “the scum of the earth”.
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这个明星偷吃的新闻一出来后，大家都不想跟他合作了。他现在就是“老鼠过街，人人喊打”。
zhè ge míngxīng tōuchī de xīnwén yī chūlái hòu ，dàjiā dōu bù xiǎng gēn tā hézuò le 。tā xiànzài jiùshì “lǎoshǔguòjiē,rénrénhǎndǎ ”。
As soon as the news of the celebrity’s affairs broke, no one wanted to work with him anymore. He’s like the scum of the earth now.
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我昨天去逛了街，然后跟朋友出去喝了一杯。
wǒ zuótiān qù guàng le jiē ，ránhòu gēn péngyou chūqù hē le yī bēi 。
I went shopping and then grabbed a drink with friends yesterday.
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我想去吃大餐，我还想去逛街。
wǒ xiǎng qù chī dàcān ，wǒ hái xiǎng qù guàngjiē 。
I want to go have a big meal, and go shopping.
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这条大街热闹得不得了。
zhè tiáo dà jiē rènao de bùdéliǎo 。
This street is so lively.
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