大街 dà jiē street / main street / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 街上 jiē shang on the street / in town 大道 dà dào main street / avenue syn 对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn 街头 街頭 jiē tóu street syn 街道 jiē dào street / CL:條|条[tiao2] / subdistrict / residential district syn 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 马路 馬路 mǎ lù street / road / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 小吃 xiǎo chī street food / snack syn 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 转角 轉角 zhuǎn jiǎo bend in a street / corner / to turn a corner syn 路灯 路燈 lù dēng street lamp / street light 路牌 lù pái street sign / road sign / street nameplate syn 轻轨 輕軌 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]) 清道夫 qīng dào fū street cleaner / garbage collector / (soccer) sweeper syn 市井 shì jǐng marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people syn 步行街 bù xíng jiē car-free zone / pedestrian street 骂街 罵街 mà jiē to shout abuses in the street syn 清道 qīng dào to clean the street / to clear the road (i.e. get rid of people for passage of royalty or VIP) syn 摆摊 擺攤 bǎi tān to set up a vendor's stall in the street 巷战 巷戰 xiàng zhàn (military) street fighting / urban combat 临街 臨街 lín jiē facing the street 街巷 jiē xiàng streets and alleys / street / alley syn 麻辣烫 麻辣燙 má là tàng hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls) 夹道 夾道 jiā dào a narrow street (lined with walls) / to line the street 逛街 guàng jiē to take a walk / to window-shop / to stroll down the street 街舞 jiē wǔ street dance (e.g. breakdance) 当街 當街 dāng jiē in the middle of the street / facing the street 过马路 過馬路 guò mǎ lù to cross the street 南京路 nán jīng lù Nanjing St., large commercial street in Shanghai 飙车 飆車 biāo chē street racing (motorbikes or cars) 三里屯 sān lǐ tún Sanlitun (Beijing street name) 高程 gāo chéng altitude (e.g. above street level) / elevation syn 街头霸王 街頭霸王 jiē tóu bà wáng Street Fighter (video game series) 横街 橫街 héng jiē side street / road branching from the main street 三里河 sān lǐ hé Sanlihe (Beijing street name) 街 jiē street / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 坊 fāng lane (usually as part of a street name) / memorial archway syn 陌 mò raised path / street syn 单行道 單行道 dān xíng dào one-way street 唐宁街 唐寧街 táng níng jiē Downing Street (London) 路不拾遗 路不拾遺 lù bù shí yí lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society syn 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 簦 dēng large umbrella for stalls / an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat 辻 shí (Japanese kokuji) street corner / intersection / used in Japanese personal and place names / pr. tsuji 开锣喝道 開鑼喝道 kāi luó hè dào to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom) 泼妇骂街 潑婦罵街 pō fù mà jiē shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife 高街 gāo jiē high street (main street of a town or city) (loanword) 华尔街日报 華爾街日報 huá ěr jiē rì bào Wall Street Journal 穿马路 穿馬路 chuān mǎ lù to cross (a street) 街童 jiē tóng street 平安里 píng ān lǐ Ping'an Li (street name in Beijing) 唤头 喚頭 huàn tou percussion instrument used by street peddlers, barbers etc to attract attention 岐路灯 岐路燈 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 擺地攤 bǎi dì tān to run a street stall 摆卖 擺賣 bǎi mài hawking / street vending 摊商 攤商 tān shāng stallkeeper / street peddler 李绿园 李綠園 lǐ lǜ 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 東交民巷 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 橫路 héng lù side street / crossroad 歧路灯 歧路燈 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 活報劇 huó bào jù political street theater (loanword from Zhivaya Gazeta, or Living Newspaper, Russian theater form of the 1920s) 流浪儿 流浪兒 liú làng ér street urchin / waif 窄巷 zhǎi xiàng narrow alley / narrow street 章台 章臺 zhāng tái street name in ancient Chang'an synonymous with brothel area / red-light district 临街房 臨街房 lín jiē fáng the store front / the part of a house facing the street serving as a store 贩夫 販夫 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 道·瓊斯 DaoQiongsi 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 道·瓊斯指數 DaoQiongsizhishu Dow Jones industrial average (Wall street stock market index) 道不拾遗 道不拾遺 dào bù shí yí lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society syn 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 亞洲街頭兒童問題區域會議 Asian Regional Conference on Street Children 街头小贩 街頭小販 street vendor 街头出售食品的管理讲习班 街頭出售食品的管理講習班 Workshop on Control of Street Food 街头儿童 街頭兒童 street children 街头价 街頭價 street price 街头犯罪 街頭犯罪 street crime 送货人 送貨人 street runner / runner 街头教育者 街頭教育者 street educator 街头毒品 街頭毒品 street drug 街头暴力 街頭暴力 street violence 莱德拉街过境点 萊德拉街過境點 Ledra Street crossing point 一路发 一路發 yī lù fā fortune street (idiom) 庞德街 龐德街 páng dé jiē Bond Street (London, England) 坊间传言 坊間傳言 fāng jiān chuán yán rumors / the word on the street 挂旗 掛旗 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 輕型軌道交通 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 老鼠過街，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 血幫 xuè bāng Bloods, street gang in USA 班克西 bān kè xī Banksy (British street artist) 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 