Keyword
street
- road
- thoroughfare
- Frequency
- #812
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
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Mnemonic
行 (walk) gives the meaning and 圭 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
街
street
街道
street; subdistrict; residential district
街头
street
大街
street; main street
街上
on the street; in town
上街
to go onto the streets; to go shopping
华尔街
Wall Street, New York; by extension, American big business
街区
block; neighborhood
华尔街日报
Wall Street Journal
唐人街
Chinatown
街坊
neighborhood; neighbor
逛街
to take a walk; to window-shop; to stroll down the street
街市
downtown area; commercial district; (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
街景
streetscape
街机
arcade machine
当街
in the middle of the street; facing the street
老街
Lao Cai, Vietnam; Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar)
大街小巷
great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
花街
red-light district
街舞
street dance (e.g. breakdance)
游街
to parade sb through the streets; to march or parade in the streets
街巷
streets and alleys; street; alley
街灯
streetlight
步行街
car-free zone; pedestrian street