台阶
táijiē
step; stairs
Characters in this word
阶 jiē
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 介 agent, go-between, intermediary
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 小心台阶。 Xiǎo xīn tái jiē. Watch the steps.
- 台阶有点高。 Tái jiē yǒu diǎn gāo. The steps are a little high.
- 他坐在台阶上。 Tā zuò zài tái jiē shàng. He sits on the steps.