Chinese Word of the Day

街角
jiē jiǎo

corner

Definitions

Chinese > English
街角	jiējiǎo
1. n. street corner
English > Chinese
corner
1. 边缘
2. 困境
3. 不易看到的地方
4. 囤积
5. 使有棱角
6. 紧逼
7. 垄断
8. 成为角
9. 角落
10. 棱
11. 楞
12. 隅
13. 陬
Components
街	jiē
1. street
街景 - street scene
地下街 - underground street
2. market; fair
3. Short for 街道, subdistrict
新港街 - Xingang Subdistrict
4. (Hong Kong Cantonese) block (distance between streets in a grid pattern)
5. (figuratively) distance; margin
6. 贏九條街 - to win by a large margin, lit=to win nine street blocks
7. (Hong Kong Cantonese) outside; the public
街外人 - outsider -
街症zing3 - outpatient clinic -
角	jiǎo, jué, jió
1. horn; antler
2. point
3. (mathematics) angle; corner
4. (geography) cape; point; headland
5. (numismatics) one tenth of a yuan or dollar
6. role; part; character
7. actor; actress
8. (music) bugle; horn
9. (music) third note in the Chinese pentatonic scale, or mi
10. to contend; to compete; to challenge
角jué鬥 - wrestle
11. (Chinese astronomy) Horn (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
12. (gaming) Short for 角色
13. (Min Bei, Min Dong, Hokkien) A suffix to denote masculine animals
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