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HSK 3

街道

street; neighborhood

nounneutral
街
jiē1st tone
道
dào4th tone

HSK level

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Pinyin
jiēdào
Part of speech
noun
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
24
Register
neutral
Measure word
条

Stroke order for 街道

街道 is written with 24 strokes (街: 12, 道: 12). The animation replays automatically.

What does 街道 mean?

街道 (jiēdào) means 'street' — the urban road lined with shops and buildings where people live, walk, and do business.

It is a slightly more formal and complete word than 街 (jiē) alone; both refer to streets, but 街道 sounds more like a written description or a category, while 街 (or 大街, 'big street/main street') flows more naturally in casual speech. A second meaning to know: in mainland Chinese administrative geography, 街道 names the smallest urban subdivision (a 'subdistrict'), with its own 街道办事处 ('subdistrict office') handling local affairs. So a Beijing address might reference both the literal street and the administrative 街道 unit.

Streets are counted with 条 (tiáo), the measure word for long, linear things: 一条街道 ('a street'). For the entire road network of a city, learners use 街道 in the abstract sense — 北京的街道很宽 ('Beijing's streets are wide').

Note: Slightly more formal than 街 alone. In administrative contexts, 街道 also names a sub-district unit in Chinese cities (街道办事处, 'subdistrict office').

Character by character

街jiēstreet
+
道dàoroad; way; path
=
街道

Memory hook: 街 (street) + 道 (road) = 'street-road' = the full word for street, more complete than 街 alone.

Example sentences

北京的街道很宽。

Běijīng de jiēdào hěn kuān.

Beijing's streets are very wide.

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这条街道上有很多商店。

Zhè tiáo jiēdào shàng yǒu hěn duō shāngdiàn.

There are many shops on this street.

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晚上的街道很安静。

Wǎnshàng de jiēdào hěn ānjìng.

The streets are very quiet at night.

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他住在一条小街道上。

Tā zhù zài yī tiáo xiǎo jiēdào shàng.

He lives on a small street.

spoken

Common phrases with 街道

一条街道yī tiáo jiēdàoa street
在街道上zài jiēdào shàngon the street
街道办事处jiēdào bànshìchùsubdistrict office
干净的街道gānjìng de jiēdàoclean streets

Synonyms

街jiē

街 alone is the casual, everyday word for 'street' — 上街 ('go out to the street, go shopping'), 大街 ('main street'). 街道 is more complete and slightly formal, often used when naming or describing streets in general.

马路mǎlù

马路 ('road, avenue') emphasizes the vehicle road surface — what cars drive on. 街道 emphasizes the whole street as a public urban space with shops and pedestrians. Cross 马路 (cross the road); walk along 街道 (the street).

路lù

路 ('road, way') is the most general — a road, a path, a route. 街道 is specifically an urban street with buildings on both sides. 路 can be in a forest; 街道 is in a city.

Don't confuse 街道 with

知道zhīdào

知道 means 'to know.' Both end in 道 but the first character changes the meaning completely — 街道 is a noun (street); 知道 is a verb (to know).

街jiē

街 by itself is the shorter, more conversational 'street.' Use 街 in casual speech (上街), 街道 in written or descriptive contexts (北京的街道).

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