Good at handling real life in a city, especially the rough parts of it — knowing which streets to avoid at night, spotting a scam before you fall for it, reading people quickly, staying safe and getting what you need without much money or protection. It is a compliment, and a warm one.

Good at handling很會應付 in a city城市裡的 real life真實生活， especially尤其是 the rough parts of it其中比較粗的那一面—— knowing知道 at night晚上 which streets to avoid哪些街該避開、 before you fall for it在你上當之前 spotting a scam就先識破騙局、 reading people quickly快速看懂人， staying safe保住安全 and getting what you need也拿得到你需要的東西， without much money or protection就算沒什麼錢、也沒什麼人罩。 It is a compliment這是一句稱讚， and a warm one而且是暖的那一種。

Someone street-smart may have very little education, and the word is often used to say exactly that: this person did not learn it from books, they learned it from living. English likes to set the two side by side — "he's not book-smart, but he's street-smart" — and in that pair the street kind is usually the one the speaker admires.

Someone street-smart一個 street-smart 的人 may have very little education可能沒讀過多少書， and the word is often used to say exactly that而這個字常常正是要說這件事： this person這個人 did not learn it from books不是從書上學來的， they learned it from living是從生活裡學來的。 English英文 likes to set the two side by side喜歡把這兩種聰明擺在一起—— “he's not book-smart, but he's street-smart”他不是會讀書的聰明，但他有街頭的聰明—— and in that pair而在這一組裡， the street kind街頭那一種 usually通常 is the one the speaker admires才是說話的人佩服的。

It came from American English and is now used everywhere, mostly in speech and in casual writing. "Streetwise" means the same thing and is more common in British English.

It came from American English它來自美式英文， and is now used everywhere現在到處都在用， mostly主要是 in speech and in casual writing在口語和輕鬆的文字裡。 "Streetwise" means the same thing意思相同， and而且 in British English在英式英文裡 is more common更常見。

As a describing word it can sit before the noun (a street-smart kid) or after "is" (she's very street-smart). The noun is "street smarts", written as two words with no hyphen: "he's got street smarts".

As a describing word當形容用的字時， it can sit它可以放 before the noun在名詞前面 (a street-smart kid一個機靈的孩子)， or after "is"或放在 "is" 後面 (she's very street-smart她非常機靈)。 The noun is名詞是 "street smarts"， written as two words寫成兩個字、 with no hyphen不加連字號： "he's got street smarts"他很有街頭智慧。