gǎnjiē

赶街

Word · VerbTraditional趕街

go to market; go to a country fair

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 5 examples
1.

verb

go to market; go to a country fair; go shopping at a rural market

dialect

A common dialect term (especially in Southwest China) for going to a periodic rural market to buy, sell, or socialize.

Míng明
tiān天
shì是
jiē街
tiān天
 ,
wǒ我
men们
yī一
qǐ起
qù去
gǎn赶
jiē街
ba吧
 。

Tomorrow is market day, let's go to the market together.

Tā她
gǎn赶
jiē街
mǎi买
huí回
lái来
hěn很
duō多
xīn新
xiān鲜
de的
shū蔬
cài菜
 。

She went to the market and bought back a lot of fresh vegetables.

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Xiǎo小
shí时
hou候
 ,
wǒ我
zuì最
xǐ喜
huan欢
gēn跟
zhe着
nǎi奶
nai奶
qù去
gǎn赶
jiē街
 。

When I was a child, I loved going to the market with my grandma.

Zhè这
ge个
zhèn镇
zi子
měi每
féng逢
chū初
yī一
 、
shí十
wǔ五
gǎn赶
jiē街
 。

This town holds a market on the 1st and 15th of every lunar month.

Gǎn赶
jiē街
de的
rén人
bǎ把
xiǎo小
lù路
jǐ挤
de得
shuǐ水
xiè泄
bù不
tōng通
 。

People going to the market packed the narrow path.