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
阶梯
jiētī
stairs; ladder; step; level
Characters in this word
梯 tī
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 政府把职业教育设计成通往高技能岗位的阶梯，而不是失败者的退路。 Zhèngfǔ bǎ zhíyè jiàoyù shèjì chéng tōngwǎng gāo jìnéng gǎngwèi de jiētī, ér bú shì shībàizhě de tuìlù. The government designed vocational education as a ladder to highly skilled jobs, rather than as a fallback for those deemed to have failed.
- 山上有一道长长的石头阶梯。 Shān shang yǒu yí dào chángcháng de shítou jiētī. There is a long stone staircase on the mountain.
- 教室是阶梯形的，后排的同学也能看清黑板。 Jiàoshì shì jiētīxíng de, hòupái de tóngxué yě néng kànqīng hēibǎn. The classroom is tiered, so even students in the back rows can see the board clearly.
Related words
- 阶段 jiēduàn stage
- 台阶 táijiē step; stairs
- 阶层 jiēcéng social class; stratum
- 阶级 jiējí class; social class
- 电梯 diàntī elevator
- 楼梯 lóutī stairs
- 滑梯 huátī slide; playground slide
- 梯子 tīzi ladder
- 栏杆 lángān railing; banister
- 门槛 ménkǎn threshold; entry barrier
- 礼堂 lǐtáng auditorium; assembly hall
- 临街 línjiē to face the street; street-facing