WordTaiwan frequency #9,011
掃街
ㄙㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝ
“to sweep the streets; to canvas for votes or sales during elections; a traditional custom of picking up items left on streets late at night during the Lantern Festival (Taiwan)”
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- 街頭ㄐㄧㄝ ㄊㄡˊstreet; the street; on the street; street scene; street life; urban public space
- 街道ㄐㄧㄝ ㄉㄠˋstreet; a public road for vehicles and pedestrians; subdistrict; residential district
- 老街ㄌㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝold street; historic street or district with traditional buildings and shops.
- 大街ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄝstreet; main street; a principal or wide road in a town or city.
- 打掃ㄉㄚˇ ㄙㄠˇto clean; to sweep; to tidy up a place by removing dirt or clutter.
- 掃描ㄙㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄠˊto scan; to browse quickly; the process of a cathode-ray tube displaying images by moving an electron beam across a screen
- 街友ㄐㄧㄝ ㄧㄡˇhomeless person; street dweller; someone who lives on the streets, especially in Taiwan usage
- 逛街ㄍㄨㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄝto stroll down the street; to window-shop; to take a walk for leisure
- 上街ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄝto go out onto the streets; to go shopping; to take to the streets (in protest).
- 掃地ㄙㄠˇ ㄉㄧˋto sweep the floor; to clean the ground; (figurative) to wipe out completely; to destroy utterly.
- 華爾街ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧㄝA street in lower Manhattan, New York City; used as a metonym for the U.S. financial world.
- 清掃ㄑㄧㄥ ㄙㄠˇto clean; to sweep; to tidy up; a sweep (against crime).