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

HSK 2

奶奶今天下街买菜去了。

Nǎinai jīntiān xiàjiē mǎicài qù le.

Grandma went down to the market to buy groceries today.

HSK 4

周末一起下街逛逛吧。

Zhōumò yìqǐ 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 (literally 'go up to the street') for the same action. Hearing 下街 signals a non-northern speaker.

Stroke Order

下 xià

街 jiē