街坊
jiē fāng
Pinyin

Definition

街坊
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jiē fāng
  1. neighborhood
  2. neighbor

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

街
jiē
  1. 1 street
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
街头
jiē tóu
  1. 1 street
逛街
guàng jiē
  1. 1 to take a walk
  2. 2 to window-shop
  3. 3 to stroll down the street
上街
shàng jiē
  1. 1 to go onto the streets
  2. 2 to go shopping
大街
dà jiē
  1. 1 street
  2. 2 main street
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
步行街
bù xíng jiē
  1. 1 car-free zone
  2. 2 pedestrian street
潍坊
Wéi fāng
  1. 1 Weifang prefecture level city in Shandong
磨坊
mò fáng
  1. 1 mill
花街
huā jiē
  1. 1 red-light district
华尔街
Huá ěr Jiē
  1. 1 Wall Street, New York
  2. 2 by extension, American big business
街道
jiē dào
  1. 1 street
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
  3. 3 subdistrict
  4. 4 residential district
仆街
pū jiē
  1. 1 drop dead!
  2. 2 go to hell!
  3. 3 fuck you! (Cantonese)
作坊
zuō fang
  1. 1 workshop (of artisan)
八廓街
Bā kuò Jiē
  1. 1 Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
八角街
Bā jiǎo Jiē
  1. 1 Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
  2. 2 same as 八廓街[Bā kuò Jiē]
唐人街
Táng rén Jiē
  1. 1 Chinatown
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],座[zuò]
唐宁街
Táng níng Jiē
  1. 1 Downing Street (London)
坊
Fāng
  1. 1 surname Fang
坊子
Fāng zǐ
  1. 1 Fangzi district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wéi fāng shì], Shandong
坊子区
Fāng zǐ qū
  1. 1 Fangzi district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wéi fāng shì], Shandong

Idioms (5)

又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
大街小巷
dà jiē xiǎo xiàng
  1. 1 great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
老鼠过街，人人喊打
lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ
  1. 1 lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyone detests a lowlife
街谈巷议
jiē tán xiàng yì
  1. 1 the talk of the town (idiom)
街头巷尾
jiē tóu xiàng wěi
  1. 1 top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city

Sample Sentences

哎，中国的老太太把街坊邻居都当成自己的亲人嘛。
āi ，Zhōngguó de lǎotàitai bǎ jiēfang línjū dōu dàngchéng zìjǐ de qīnrén ma 。
Ah, Chinese ladies treat all their neighbours like family, no?
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