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台阶

Traditional: 臺階

tái jiē

HSK 3.0 · 4HSK 2.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

tái jiē · toi4 gaai1 (Jyutping)

  1. steps
  2. flight of steps
  3. step (over obstacle)
  4. fig. way out of an embarrassing situation
  5. bench (geology)

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

台

Meaning
platform; unit; term of address
Radical
口
Strokes
5
Components
⿱厶口
Cangjie
IR
Four-corner
2360.0

阶

Meaning
stairs, steps; rank, degree
Radical
阝
Strokes
6
Components
⿰阝介
Cangjie
NLOLL
Four-corner
7822

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