HSK 3 · Places

街道 jiēdào “street” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 街道 means

  1. street
  2. subdistrict
  3. residential district

Measure word 条 tiáo · 一条街道 yì tiáo jiēdào

How to say 街道

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale街jiē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale道dào4th tone, falling

街道 in a sentence

  1. 街道两边有许多商店。

    Jiēdào liǎngbiān yǒu xǔduō shāngdiàn.

    There are lots of shops on both sides of the street.

    Sentence #1946922 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 在新加坡的街道上扔垃圾会被罚款。

    Zài Xīnjiāpō de jiēdào shàng rēng lājī huì bèi fákuǎn.

    In Singapore, you get fined for dropping litter in the street.

    Sentence #5576760 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那街道非常吵。

    Nà jiēdào fēicháng chǎo.

    That street is very noisy.

    Sentence #1020096 from Tatoeba

How 街道 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 街 (jiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
街jiēstreet
  • 行walk · xíngMeaning part
  • 圭jade tablet · guīSound part

行 hints at the meaning (walk); 圭 (guī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiē.

The character 道 (dào) with each of its parts in a different colour
道dàoroad; path 条,股)
  • 首head · shǒuSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 首 (shǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with dào.

Memory aidPicture walking 辶 with your head 首 leading the way: a road, a way.

How to write 街道

街 12 strokes · 道 12 strokes

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街道 (jiēdào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 街道 (jiēdào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 街道

Words with 街

街jiē · street

Words with 道

知道zhīdao · to know (a fact)道dào · (m.w. for orders味道wèidao · flavour道歉dàoqiàn · to apologise难道nándào · don’t tell me …报道bàodào · to report (news)地道dìdao · authentic道德dàodé · virtue频道píndào · frequency道理dàoli · reason

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FAQs

街道 (jiēdào) means “street” or “subdistrict”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jiēdào: jiē with a 1st tone, then dào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 街道 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 条 (tiáo). For example, one street is 一条街道 (yì tiáo jiēdào).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiedao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 街道 from the suggestions. Typing jiedao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
街道 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.