"Street" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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街道 jiē dào street / CL:條|条[tiao2] / subdistrict / residential district
街头 jiē tóu street
大街 dà jiē street / main street / CL:條|条[tiao2]
马路 mǎ lù street / road / CL:條|条[tiao2]
市井 shì jǐng marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people
街巷 jiē xiàng streets and alleys / street / alley
街 jiē street / CL:條|条[tiao2]
陌 mò raised path / street
街童 jiē tóng street
大道 dà dào main street / avenue
街上 jiē shang on the street / in town
逛街 guàng jiē to take a walk / to window-shop / to stroll down the street
普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street
小吃 xiǎo chī street food / snack
路灯 lù dēng street lamp / street light
华尔街 Huá ěr Jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business
步行街 bù xíng jiē car-free zone / pedestrian street
街舞 jiē wǔ street dance (e.g. breakdance)
当街 dāng jiē in the middle of the street / facing the street
过马路 guò mǎ lù to cross the street
轻轨 qīng guǐ light rail / transit system (underground, at street level or elevated) / streetcar / metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通|轻型轨道交通[qing1xing2 gui3dao4 jiao1tong1])
临街 lín jiē facing the street
南京路 Nán jīng lù Nanjing St., large commercial street in Shanghai
摆摊 bǎi tān to set up a vendor's stall in the street
转角 zhuǎn jiǎo bend in a street / corner / to turn a corner
飙车 biāo chē street racing (motorbikes or cars)
坊间 fāng jiān street stalls / bookshops / in the streets
三里屯 Sān lǐ tún Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
高程 gāo chéng altitude (e.g. above street level) / elevation
路牌 lù pái street sign / road sign / street nameplate
麻辣烫 má là tàng hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls)
清道夫 qīng dào fū street cleaner / garbage collector / (soccer) sweeper
街头霸王 Jiē tóu Bà wáng Street Fighter (video game series)
夹道 jiā dào a narrow street (lined with walls) / to line the street
巷战 xiàng zhàn (military) street fighting / urban combat
横街 héng jiē side street / road branching from the main street
三里河 Sān lǐ hé Sanlihe (Beijing street name)
骂街 mà jiē to shout abuses in the street
清道 qīng dào to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP)
路不拾遗 lù bù shí yí lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society
唐宁街 Táng níng Jiē Downing Street (London)
八角街 Bā jiǎo Jiē Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet, aka 八廓街[Ba1 kuo4 Jie1]
八廓街 Bā kuò Jiē Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
坊 fāng lane (usually as part of a street name) / memorial archway
辻 shí (Japanese kokuji) street corner / intersection / used in Japanese personal and place names / pr. tsuji
开锣喝道 kāi luó hè dào to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
泼妇骂街 pō fù mà jiē shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife
单行道 dān xíng dào one-way street
华尔街日报 Huá ěr jiē Rì bào Wall Street Journal
唤头 huàn tou percussion instrument used by street peddlers, barbers etc to attract attention
岐路灯 Qí lù Dēng Lamp in the Side Street (c. 1777), novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园[Li3 Lu:4 yuan2]
川沙 Chuān shā Chuansha, name of street and park in Pudong New District 浦東新區|浦东新区[Pu3 dong1 xin1 qu1], Shanghai
康衢 kāng qú through street / thoroughfare
摆地摊 bǎi dì tān to run a street stall
摆卖 bǎi mài hawking / street vending
摊商 tān shāng stallkeeper / street peddler
李绿园 Lǐ Lu:4 yuán Li Lüyuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer, author of novel Lamp in the Side Street 岐路燈|岐路灯[Qi2 lu4 Deng1]
东交民巷 Dōng jiāo mín xiàng East Jiaomin Lane, a street in central Beijing and its surrounding district, formerly known as the Peking Legation Quarter, where foreign diplomatic missions were located during the period 1861-1959
横路 héng lù side street / crossroad
歧路灯 Qí lù Dēng Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园[Li3 Lu:4 yuan2] / also written 岐路燈|岐路灯[Qi2 lu4 Deng1]
活报剧 huó bào jù political street theater (loanword from Zhivaya Gazeta, or Living Newspaper, Russian theater form of the 1920s)
流浪儿 liú làng ér street urchin / waif
窄巷 zhǎi xiàng narrow alley / narrow street
章台 zhāng tái street name in ancient Chang'an synonymous with brothel area / red-light district
临街房 lín jiē fáng the store front / the part of a house facing the street serving as a store
贩夫 fàn fū peddler / street vendor
走鬼 zǒu guǐ unlicensed street vendor
路霸 lù bà brigand / (modern) uncivil driver / road hog / (PRC) person who sets up an illegal toll / (Tw) person who uses a part of the street as their private parking place
道·琼斯  Dow Jones / Dow Jones industrial average (Wall street stock market index) / abbr. for 道瓊斯指數|道琼斯指数[Dao4 Qiong2 si1 zhi3 shu4]
道·琼斯指数  Dow Jones industrial average (Wall street stock market index)
道不拾遗 dào bù shí yí lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society
街头儿童问题机构间委员会  Inter-agency Committee on Street Children
亚洲街头儿童问题区域会议  Asian Regional Conference on Street Children
街头小贩  street vendor
街头出售食品的管理讲习班  Workshop on Control of Street Food
街头儿童  street children
街头价  street price
街头犯罪  street crime
送货人  street runner / runner
街头教育者  street educator
街头毒品  street drug
街头暴力  street violence
莱德拉街过境点  Ledra Street crossing point
一路发 yī lù fā fortune street (idiom)
庞德街 Páng dé Jiē Bond Street (London, England)
坊间传言 fāng jiān chuán yán rumors / the word on the street
挂旗 guà qí vertical banner (for display at exhibitions, advertising hung from poles in the street etc)
撂地 liào dì (of folk artists) to give a performance at a temple fair or on the street etc
轻型轨道交通 qīng xíng guǐ dào jiāo tōng light rail / transit system (underground, at street level or elevated) / streetcar / metro / abbr. to 輕軌|轻轨[qing1 gui3]
老鼠过街，人人喊打 lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife
血帮 Xuè bāng Bloods, street gang in USA
班克西 Bān kè xī Banksy (British street artist)
高街 gāo jiē high street (main street of a town or city) (loanword)
尬舞 gà wǔ (slang) to battle each other in street dancing (derived from Taiwanese 較, which sounds similar to Mandarin 尬[ga4]) / (slang) to perform weird dance moves
扬召 yáng zhào to flag down (a cab) on the street / to hail (a taxicab)
行动剧 xíng dòng jù (Tw) street theater (esp. as a form of political expression)
办桌 bàn zhuō (Tw) to hold a banquet / to provide catering / catering / banquet / roadside banquet (Taiwanese-style banquet, typically held under large tents in the street, to celebrate special occasions)
剃头挑子一头热 tì tóu tiāo zi yī tóu rè lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom) / fig. one-sided enthusiasm / one party is interested, but the other, not so much / (Note: In former days, street barbers carried their equipment on a pole, with tools and a stool at one end and a brazier at the other.)
拨浪鼓 bō lang gǔ rattle drum / pellet drum &ndash / a hand drum with two pellets attached to strings on either side, mounted on a rod that is twirled to make the pellets strike the drum (used in ritual music, as a children's toy or as a street vendor's noisemaker)
路冲 lù chōng (feng shui) street layout in which the line of a road runs toward a house (as at a T-intersection), regarded as unfavorable for the occupants of the house
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