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The Chinese word for street is
街道

jiē dào



street

Chinese Definition


street
     1. 街,街道
Components
     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 -
     1. way; path; road
           道路 - road
     2. (historical) circuit: an administrative division of late imperial China comprising 2 or more commanderies
     3. (rail) track
           上 道 作業 - maintenance on rail tracks
           1 道 通過 - passing on track 1
     4. method; principle
     5. (Buddhism) the Marga; the Way of bodhi or enlightenment leading to nirvana through spiritual stages
     6. (philosophy, Taoism) the Way; the Tao; the Dao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life
     7. (Christianity) Logos; the Word
     8. Short for 道教 (Taoism)
     9. Short for 道士 (Taoist priest)
     10. (religion) doctrine; teachings
           傳道 - to preach
     11. (literary) to say; to utter
           能說會道 - can talk really well (idiom)
           一 道 閃電 - a bolt of lightning
           一 道 河 - a river
           一 道 縫 - a crack
           一 道 彩虹 - a rainbow
           一 道 籬笆 - a fence
           一 道 菜 - a dish of food
           一 道 公文 - a proclamation
           一 道 命令 - an order
     12. (obsolete) Alternative form of 導 (to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct)



Translations for and their definitions

     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 -


     1. road; path; street
           修路 - to build a road
     2. pattern; arrangement; sequence
           思路 - train of thought
           紋路 - veined pattern
     3. way; method
           生路 - means of livelihood; way of subsistence
     4. journey
           回家 的 路 很 遠。 - It's a long journey to return home.
           佢 身體 好 虛,行 幾 步 路 都 會 暈。 - His body is very weak, walking only a few steps already makes him dizzy.
           還有 一 公里 的 路 要 走。 -
     5. route
           三 路 進軍 - to advance along three routes
           12 路 公交車 - No. 12 bus
     6. kind; type
     7. region
           各 路 人馬 - people from different places
     8. -year-old, in multiples of ten; decade(s) of one's life; (Used for describing the style of people in such age range.)
           三十-路 大叔 - a man in his thirties -
           七十-路 - [JAV featuring women in their seventies -
     9. (historical) circuit (an administrative unit during the Song and Yuan dynasties)


馬路
     1. n. (literary, archaic) wide road used for horses and horse-drawn carriages
     2. n. (modern usage) wide and flat road for the passage of vehicles; paved road; (by extension) road; street
           過.馬路 - to cross the road -
           馬路 中央 - the middle of the road -


马路
     1. Simplified form of 馬路


街路
     1. n. street; road; avenue


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