The Chinese word for street is
街道
jiē dàoChinese Definition
street | |
1. 街,街道 | |
Components | |
街 | |
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 - | |
道 | |
1. way; path; road | |
道路 - road | |
2. (historical) circuit: an administrative division of late imperial China comprising 2 or more commanderies | |
3. (rail) track | |
上 道 作業 - maintenance on rail tracks | |
1 道 通過 - passing on track 1 | |
4. method; principle | |
5. (Buddhism) the Marga; the Way of bodhi or enlightenment leading to nirvana through spiritual stages | |
6. (philosophy, Taoism) the Way; the Tao; the Dao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life | |
7. (Christianity) Logos; the Word | |
8. Short for 道教 (Taoism) | |
9. Short for 道士 (Taoist priest) | |
10. (religion) doctrine; teachings | |
傳道 - to preach | |
11. (literary) to say; to utter | |
能說會道 - can talk really well (idiom) | |
一 道 閃電 - a bolt of lightning | |
一 道 河 - a river | |
一 道 縫 - a crack | |
一 道 彩虹 - a rainbow | |
一 道 籬笆 - a fence | |
一 道 菜 - a dish of food | |
一 道 公文 - a proclamation | |
一 道 命令 - an order | |
12. (obsolete) Alternative form of 導 (to direct; to guide; to lead; to conduct) |
Translations for 道 and their definitions
街 | |
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 - |
路 | |
1. road; path; street | |
修路 - to build a road | |
2. pattern; arrangement; sequence | |
思路 - train of thought | |
紋路 - veined pattern | |
3. way; method | |
生路 - means of livelihood; way of subsistence | |
4. journey | |
回家 的 路 很 遠。 - It's a long journey to return home. | |
佢 身體 好 虛,行 幾 步 路 都 會 暈。 - His body is very weak, walking only a few steps already makes him dizzy. | |
還有 一 公里 的 路 要 走。 - | |
5. route | |
三 路 進軍 - to advance along three routes | |
12 路 公交車 - No. 12 bus | |
6. kind; type | |
7. region | |
各 路 人馬 - people from different places | |
8. -year-old, in multiples of ten; decade(s) of one's life; (Used for describing the style of people in such age range.) | |
三十-路 大叔 - a man in his thirties - | |
七十-路 - [JAV featuring women in their seventies - | |
9. (historical) circuit (an administrative unit during the Song and Yuan dynasties) |
馬路 | |
1. n. (literary, archaic) wide road used for horses and horse-drawn carriages | |
2. n. (modern usage) wide and flat road for the passage of vehicles; paved road; (by extension) road; street | |
過.馬路 - to cross the road - | |
馬路 中央 - the middle of the road - |
马路 | |
1. Simplified form of 馬路 |
街路 | |
1. n. street; road; avenue |
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