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jiē

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jiē Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiē | jie1
English translation
street
CL: tiáo
> tiáo [tiáo]
street, road, thoroughfare

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About jiē

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

jiē

Contains the radical

háng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of jiē

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

行圭

Semantic compound

háng

Phonetic compound

guī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. háng represents the meaning and guī represents the sound.

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Example sentences using jiē

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shì 街坊 jiē fāng shǎng 所有 suǒyǒu 孩子 háizi de hǎo 阿姨 āyí .

She is a good aunt to all the children in the neighbourhood.

mài 水果 shuǐguǒ de 小贩 xiǎo fàn tuī zhāo de 车子 chē zi zài 街上 jiē shang 艰难 jiānnán de zǒu zhāo .

The fruIt'seller trundled his cart along the street.

沿 yán jiē zǒu Guò tiáo héng 马路 mǎ lù .

He walked several blocks up the street.

(纽约 Niǔ yuē shì )第五 dì wǔ jiē shì guàng jiē de hǎo 去处 qù chù .

Fifth Avenue is a good place for window shopping.

过去 guòqu Cháng guàng 大街 dà jiē ,一逛就是 jiù shì 几个 jǐ ge 小时 xiǎoshí .

He used to roam the streets for hours on end.

Words with jiē

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiē street jiē
大街 dà jiē street大街 dà jiē
街上 jiē shang in town街上 jiē shang
街道 jiēdào street街道 jiēdào
街头 jiē tóu street街頭
街区 jiē qū block (between streets)街區
逛街 guàng jiē to take a walk逛街 guàng jiē
上街 shàng jiē to go shopping上街 shàng jiē
华尔街 Huá ěr Jiē Wall Street, New York華爾街
步行街 bù xíng jiē car-free zone步行街 bù xíng jiē
街道办事处 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office街道辦事處
大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng
街坊 jiē fāng neighborhood街坊 jiē fāng
唐人街 Táng rén Jiē Chinatown唐人街 Táng rén Jiē
街舞 jiē wǔ street dance (e.g. breakdance)街舞 jiē wǔ
老街 Lǎo jiē Lao Cai, Vietnam老街 Lǎo jiē
临街 lín jiē facing the street臨街
华尔街日报 Huá ěr jiē Rì bào Wall Street Journal華爾街日報
当街 dāng jiē facing the street當街
唐宁街 Táng níng Jiē Downing Street (London)唐寧街
街头巷尾 jiē tóu xiàng wěi top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city街頭巷尾
街灯 jiē dēng streetlight街燈
骂街 mà jiē to shout abuses in the street罵街

jiē Decomposition & Compounds

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jiē Decomposition

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