街 (jiē): street, CL:條|条
街 (jiē) is a Chinese character meaning “street.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 行 (semantic) and 圭 (phonetic). It ranks #1100 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 街 walk. Its radical form 行 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 行 (xíng, to walk), 衡 (héng, to weigh), 衍 (yǎn, to spread out).
Definitions
- street
- CL:條|条
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 街
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大街noun | dà jiē | street |
| 街上noun | jiē shang | on the street |
| 街区noun | jiē qū | block |
| 华尔街proper-noun | huá ěr jiē | Wall Street, New York |
| 上街verb | shàng jiē | to go onto the streets |
| 唐人街noun | táng rén jiē | Chinatown |
| 街坊noun | jiē fāng | neighborhood |
| 大街小巷phrase | dà jiē xiǎo xiàng | great streets and small alleys (idiom) |
| 唐宁街proper-noun | táng níng jiē | Downing Street (London) |
| 游街verb | yóu jiē | to parade sb through the streets |
| 街灯noun | jiē dēng | streetlight |
| 街市noun | jiē shì | downtown area |
| 步行街noun | bù xíng jiē | car-free zone |
| 骂街verb | mà jiē | to shout abuses in the street |
| 街头巷尾phrase | jiē tóu xiàng wěi | top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom) |
街 appears in 67 compound words: 37 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 16 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 街 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
街字由12笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
jiē zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "street" consists of 12 strokes and has a very clever structure.
台南新市“闹元宵” 明起连6天封街登场
tái nán xīn shì nào yuán xiāo míng qǐ lián 6 tiān fēng jiē dēng chǎng
Tainan New City's "Lantern Festival" will be closed for 6 consecutive days from tomorrow
...新北初选出线 蔡美华邀桃园2绿议员汐止扫街
. . . xīn běi chū xuǎn chū xiàn 蔡 měi huá yāo táo yuán 2 lǜ yì yuán 汐 zhǐ sǎo jiē
... New Taipei primary election line Cai Meihua invited Taoyuan 2 green councilor Xizhi to sweep the streets
反乌托邦AI报告震撼华尔街 支付与软体股全面承压
fǎn wū tuō bāng A I bào gào zhèn hàn huá ěr jiē zhī fù yǔ ruǎn tǐ gǔ quán miàn chéng yā
Dystopian AI report shocked Wall Street, and payment and software stocks were under pressure across the board
华尔街资金正加速外流 创16年来最大规模
huá ěr jiē zī jīn zhèng jiā sù wài liú chuàng 1 6 nián lái zuì dà guī mó
Wall Street capital outflows are accelerating, the largest in 16 years
“泉”在济南过大年丨烟火年味浓!济南芙蓉街客流持续..
quán zài jì nán guò dà nián 丨 yān huǒ nián wèi nóng ! jì nán 芙 蓉 jiē kè liú chí xù . .
"Spring" celebrates the New Year in Jinan丨Fireworks have a strong New Year's flavor! Jinan Furong Street passenger flow continues:
请给我一张街道地图好吗？
Qǐng gěi wǒ yī zhāng jiēdào dìtú hǎo ma?
Can you give me a street map?
请问这条街的街名叫什么？
Qǐngwèn zhè tiáo jiē de jiēmíng jiào shénme?
What's the name of this street, please?
我该怎么去唐人街？
Wǒ gāi zěnme qù Tángrén Jiē?
How do I get to Chinatown?
你想和我一起去逛街吗？
Nǐ xiǎng hé wǒ yīqǐ qù guàngjiē ma?
Would you like to go shopping with me?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 行 (walk) component
行 Radical Family — Characters sharing the walk radical
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