How to say “street” in Chinese
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“Street” in Chinese is 街, jiē: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
街 is read jiē. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
At the sides are the two halves of 行 “go”, with two 土 “earth” between them.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “街”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 街. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 这条街很长zhètiáojiēhěnchángThis street is long.
- 这条街的小吃很有名zhètiáojiēdexiǎochīhěnyǒumíngThe street food on this street is famous.
- 这条街道又干净又安静zhètiáojiēdàoyòugānjìngyòuānjìngThis street is both clean and quiet.
- 那条街的老房子都被拆了。nàtiáojiēdelǎofángzidōubèichāileThe old houses on that street were all torn down.
- 这条街我走过2无数次zhètiáojiēwǒzǒuguowúshùcìI've walked down this street countless times.
- 他家和我家只2隔一条街tājiāhéwǒjiāzhǐgéyìtiáojiēOnly one street separates his house from mine.
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More words from the lesson “Streets and intersections”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “street” in Chinese?
“Street” in Chinese is 街, pinyin jiē.
What does 街 mean?
街 (jiē) means “street”.
How do you write 街?
街 is 1 character. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 街?
街 is read jiē. Tones: jiē — first tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“street” in the lesson “Streets and intersections”
This word is from the topic “City and travel” of HSK 3. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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