Chinese symbol for “neighborhood”
街坊
jiē fāng
neighborhood; neighbor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for neighborhood is 街坊 (jiē fāng), defined as: neighborhood; neighbor.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “neighborhood”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 里 | lǐ | li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood |
| 小区 (小區) | xiǎo qū | housing estate; community; neighborhood; (telecommunications) cell |
| 社区 (社區) | shè qū | community; neighborhood |
| 街区 (街區) | jiē qū | block; neighborhood |
| 邻区 (鄰區) | lín qū | neighborhood; vicinity |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 街坊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 街道 | jiē dào | street; 条 (tiáo) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
| 大街 | dà jiē | street; main street |
| 街上 | jiē shang | on the street; in town |
| 上街 | shàng jiē | to go onto the streets; to go shopping |
| 街区 (街區) | jiē qū | block; neighborhood |
| 作坊 | zuō fang | workshop (of artisan) |
| 牌坊 | pái fāng | memorial arch |
See also: Japanese symbol for “neighborhood”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.