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The Chinese word for corner is
街角

jiē jiǎo



corner

Chinese Definition


corner
     1. 边缘
     2. 困境
     3. 不易看到的地方
     4. 囤积
     5. 使有棱角
     6. 紧逼
     7. 垄断
     8. 成为角
     9. 角落
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Components
     1. street
           街景 - street scene
           地下街 - underground street
     2. market; fair
     3. Short for 街道, subdistrict
           新港 街 - Xingang Subdistrict
     4. (Hong Kong Cantonese) block (distance between streets in a grid pattern)
     5.    (figuratively) distance; margin
     6.   贏 九 條 街 - to win by a large margin, lit=to win nine street blocks
     7. (Hong Kong Cantonese) outside; the public
           街外人 - outsider -
           街症zing3 - outpatient clinic -
     1. horn; antler
     2. point
     3. (mathematics) angle; corner
     4. (geography) cape; point; headland
     5. (numismatics) one tenth of a yuan or dollar
     6. role; part; character
     7. actor; actress
     8. (music) bugle; horn
     9. (music) third note in the Chinese pentatonic scale, or mi
     10. to contend; to compete; to challenge
           角jué鬥 - wrestle
     11. (Chinese astronomy) Horn (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
     12. (gaming) Short for 角色
     13. (Min Bei, Min Dong, Hokkien) A suffix to denote masculine animals



Translations for and their definitions

角落
     1. n. (literally) corner (formed by two walls); nook
     2. n. (figuratively) remote area; area away from the centre; corner


拐角
     1. n. (colloquial) corner


     1. corner; nook; remote place
     2. edge; border


旮旯
     1. n. (tlb, zh, dialectal Mandarin)
     2. n. corner
     3. n. remote or narrow place
     4. n. place


牆角
     1. n. corner (formed by two walls); nook


墙角
     1. Simplified form of 牆角


     1. horn; antler
     2. point
     3. (mathematics) angle; corner
     4. (geography) cape; point; headland
     5. (numismatics) one tenth of a yuan or dollar
     6. role; part; character
     7. actor; actress
     8. (music) bugle; horn
     9. (music) third note in the Chinese pentatonic scale, or mi
     10. to contend; to compete; to challenge
           角jué鬥 - wrestle
     11. (Chinese astronomy) Horn (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
     12. (gaming) Short for 角色
     13. (Min Bei, Min Dong, Hokkien) A suffix to denote masculine animals


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