街道

Mandarin · pinyin jiē dào

Meanings

  1. street
  2. Classifier: 條 tiáo
  3. subdistrict
  4. residential district
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街
jiē · street, road, thoroughfare
道
dào · path, road, street; method, way
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1–4 · jie1 dao4

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gaai1 dou6

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noun

  1. street; road (Classifier: 條/条)
  2. (Mainland China) subdistrict; residential district (Classifier: 個/个)

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