階梯

See also: 阶梯

Chinese

		rank or step; stairs	ladder
trad. (階梯)		階	梯
simp. (阶梯)		阶	梯

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiētī

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝㄊㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ tai¹
Min Nan (POJ): kai-the / kai-thui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiētī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝㄊㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieti
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaai¹ tai¹
  - Yale: gāai tāi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ tai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ tei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /käːi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-the
  - Tâi-lô: kai-the
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kai'tef
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰe⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaɪ³³ tʰe³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-thui
  - Tâi-lô: kai-thui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kai'tuy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaɪ³³ tʰui³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/

Noun

階梯

flight of steps
ladder to success
書籍是人類進步的階梯。 [MSC, trad.]
书籍是人类进步的阶梯。 [MSC, simp.]
Shūjí shì rénlèi jìnbù de jiētī. [Pinyin]
The book is the ladder of human progress.

Derived terms

階梯教室／阶梯教室 (jiētī jiàoshì)

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