街 (gaai1 | jie1) : street

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街

gaai1

jie1

[n] street; road; thoroughfare

(Classifier(s): 條)

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: (#144)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

街

This word has been viewed 17569 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Aug 2009 05:51

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街頭霸王 gaai1 tau4 baa3 wong4 = The Street Fighter video game

街霸 gaai1 baa3 = The Street Fighter video game

出街 ceot1 gaai1 chu1 jie1 = to go out (to town)

去街 heoi3 gaai1 = to go out (to town) 粵

街口 gaai1 hau2 = intersection

行街 haang4 gaai1 = to go shopping; to go for a walk; take away 粵

街道 gaai1 dou6 jie1 dao4 = street; streets

大街 daai6 gaai1 da4 jie1 = main street; main road; major thoroughfare

橫街 waang4 gaai1 heng2 jie1 = side street

街市 gaai1 si5 jie1 shi4 = street market, wet market
See all 115 compounds (CantoDict reports 121 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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我聽日同朋友出街呀。粵
I'm going out with my friends tomorrow.

對面街有便利店。粵
There is a convenience store across the street.

佢出咗街噃! 粵
He's gone out for sure!

喺街上面唔好走嚟走去。粵
Don't chase around on the street.

一盞好光嘅街燈﹐照住黑暗嘅角落。粵
A really bright streetlight is illuminating a dark corner.

有一盞街燈喺雪地上面粵
There's a streetlight on the snowy ground.

我每朝都喺七點鐘開工，所以我夜晚唔可以出街粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late.
[Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]

如果你咁發脾氣嘅話，我就唔要陪你出街。粵
If you're still throwing a tantrum, I'm not going out with you.

唔該，街口有落！粵
Excuse me, I want to get off at the intersection!
[said to minibus drivers]

乜呢張廣告貼到周街都係㗎! 粵
This advertisement is being posted all over the place!

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago.
[Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]

政府打算加派警察出街巡邏。粵
The government intends to increase the number of policemen on the beat.
[A typical Cantonese sentence uses more verbs than the English version.]

嗰個黐線佬喺度周街露械。粵
That freak is flashing everyone all over the place.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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