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階

jiē

stairs, steps; rank, degree

Strokes
11
Radical
阜
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 阶

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 阶, the simplified form of 階. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 中国有日益壮大的中产阶层。

    Zhōng guó yǒu rì yì zhuàng dà de zhōng chǎn jiē céng

    China has a growing middle class.

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  • 美国是一个自称没有社会阶层的国家。

    Měi guó shì yī gè zì chēng méi yǒu shè huì jiē céng de guó jiā

    America likes to claim that it is a "classless" society.

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  • 他俩的爱情,已经上升了一个台阶。

    Tā liǎ de ài qíng yǐ jīng shàng shēng le yī gè tái jiē

    Their love has gone to the next level.

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  • 今天咱们团队还有一个阶段性任务没有完成。

    Jīn tiān zán men tuán duì hái yǒu yī gè jiē duàn xìng rèn wu méi yǒu wán chéng

    There's a short-term task to be done for our team today.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 阶

  • 阶段jiē duàn 1–4 stage; section; phase; period
  • 台阶tái jiē 2–1 steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology)
  • 阶层jiē céng 1–2 social class
  • 阶级jiē jí 1–2 (social) class
  • 阶梯jiē tī 1–1 flight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of