Meaning
rank or step; stairs
Chinese: 步骤、步子。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “jie” becomes a different word in each tone. 阶 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 阶段jiē duànstage; section; phase; period
- 台阶tái jiēsteps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation
- 阶层jiē céngsocial class
- 阶级jiē jí(social) class
- 阶梯jiē tīflight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
Example Sentence
他一步步登上了台阶。Tā yí bù bù dēng shàng le tái jiē.He climbed up the steps one by one.
他Tāhe一yíone步步bù bùstep by step登上dēng shàngto climb over了le(completed action)台阶tái jiēsteps。