下街

xiàjiē

verb

Meanings

1 (dialect, mainly southwestern Mandarin) to go out to the street / go to town
2 to head downtown for errands or shopping

Characters

to go down / out

Examples

奶奶今天下街买菜去了。

Nǎinai jīntiān xiàjiē mǎi cài qù le.

Grandma went down to the market to buy groceries today.

周末一起下街逛逛吧。

Zhōumò yīqǐ xiàjiē guàngguang ba.

Let's go down to the street together on the weekend to stroll around.

Tips

register

Regional / dialect usage — common in Sichuan, Chongqing, Hunan and parts of the lower Yangtze, parallel to Cantonese 落街 lok6 gaai1. Standard Mandarin would say 上街 shàngjiē (literally 'go up to the street') for the same action. Hearing 下街 signals a non-northern speaker.

Stroke Order

下 xià

街 jiē