STREET  街

WAY INSIDE a CITY OR VILLAGE.
ROADTHOROUGHFAREAVENUEDRIVECRESCENTBOULEVARDSIDE STREET/ROADLANEHIGHWAY
Hypernym
  • WAYLONG AND NARROW LEVEL PLACE ON which HUMANS GO TO PLACES OR TRAVEL TO DISTANT PLACES.
    • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
      • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general term for the streets of a compact settlement of any kind is xiàng 巷.

2. Jiē 街 refers to main roads in settlements, but the word is rare.

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

COMM 3.

巷，閭里中通路，又可稱宮廷中小路。

曲，通於巷的彎曲小路。

阡，田間南北向小路，又泛指田間小路。

陌，田間東西向小路，又泛指道路，甚至可指城市中街道。

畛，隔開田地田間道路。

蹊，由人踐踏而成，即走出來的小路。

徑，分隔百畝方田可供人畜來往但不能通車的小路，後可泛指道路。

Modern Chinese Criteria
街道

街

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

Words

巷  xiàng OC: ɡrooŋs MC: ɦɣɔŋ 10 AttributionsWD

The general term for the streets of a compact settlement of any kind is xiàng 巷.

    Word relations
  • Epithet: 窮/POOR Qióng 窮 (ant. fù 富 "rich") refers to an extreme state of destitution, which may, however, be transitory, and the word may also refer not so much to poverty as such as marked lack of expected success, professional failure (ant. dá 達); and the word may also refer to persons without regular means of support such as widows and orphans.
  • Contrast: 街/STREET Jiē 街 refers to main roads in settlements, but the word is rare.

    Syntactic words
  • nlane, small street in a town orcity
  • nadVplacein the streets
街  jiā OC: kree MC: kɣɛ 6 AttributionsWD

Jiē 街 refers to main roads in settlements, but the word is rare.

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 巷/STREET The general term for the streets of a compact settlement of any kind is xiàng 巷.

    Syntactic words
  • nlarge street in a city; main street
閻  yán MC: yem OC: k-lomLZ 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nsmall street, alley (XUN)LZ
鬨  xiàng OC: ɡrooŋs MC: ɦɣɔŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nalleyway; small side street
涂巷  tú xiàng OC: laa ɡrooŋs MC: duo̝ ɦɣɔŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPordinary street
隘巷  ài xiàng OC: qreeɡs ɡrooŋs MC: ʔɣɛ ɦɣɔŋ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPnarrow lane
巷  xiàng OC: ɡrooŋs MC: ɦɣɔŋ 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • nlane (old form of 巷)

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