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): ㄐㄧㄝ ㄊㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ tai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kai-the / kai-thui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiētī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄊㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jieti
    • Wade–Giles: chieh¹-tʻi¹
    • Yale: jyē-tī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieti
    • Palladius: цзети (czeti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ tʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai¹ tai¹
    • Yale: gāai tāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ tai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ tei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-the
    • Tâi-lô: kai-the
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kai'tef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kai⁴⁴⁻²² tʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai³³ tʰe³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-thui
    • Tâi-lô: kai-thui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kai'tuy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai³³ tʰui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kai⁴⁴⁻²² tʰui⁴⁴/

Noun

階梯

1. flight of steps
2. 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)