(jiē)

street

How 街 is written

Strokes
12
Radical
— go/do
Traditional
Simplified
(unchanged)

Components

Common words using 街

逛街 guàngjiē
to take a walk; to window-shop; to stroll down the street
上街 shàngjiē
to go onto the streets; to go shopping
大街 dàjiē
street; main street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
步行街 bùxíngjiē
car-free zone
花街 huājiē
red-light district
華爾街 huáěrjiē
Wall Street, New York; by extension, American big business
街道 jiēdào
street; CL:條|条[tiao2]; subdistrict
街頭 jiētóu
street
僕街 pūjiē
drop dead!; go to hell!; fuck you! (Cantonese)
八廓街 bākuòjiē
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
八角街 bājiǎojiē
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet; same as 八廓街[Ba1 kuo4 jie1]
唐人街 tángrénjiē
Chinatown; CL:條|条[tiao2],座[zuo4]

街 in a sentence

週末我們喜歡去逛街。

Zhōumò wǒmen xǐhuān qù guàngjiē.

“We like to go shopping (strolling the streets) on weekends.”

How common is 街?

街 is the 1,099th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.6% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 街

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