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台阶 táijiē

台阶 táijiē Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 台阶 táijiē .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
táijiē | tai2 jie1
English translation
steps
flight of steps
step (over obstacle)
fig. way out of an embarrassing situation
bench (geology)

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Traditional form

臺階

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 台阶 táijiē

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Tái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. kǒu (mouth) indicates that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value. In simplified Chinese Tái is also used to mean "table; counter", while in tradition

Positional decomposition

厶口

Number of Strokes

5
jiē

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and jiè represents the sound. Simplified form of jiē .

Phonetic compound

jiè

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

阝介

Number of Strokes

6

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Cóng 台阶 táijiē shǎng diē xià lái , le 小腿 xiǎo tuǐ shǎng de .

He fell down the steps and barked his shins.

沿 yán 台阶 táijiē měi 段距离布置 bùzhì yǒu 燃烧 ránshāo zhāo de 火炬 huǒ jù .

Flaming torches were positioned at intervals along the terrace.

他们 tā men zài 斯洛泼医生 yīshēng jiā 白色 bái sè 大理石 dà lǐ shí 台阶 táijiē qián yòu 踯躅 zhí zhú le 一会儿 yīhuìr .

They lingered a moment at the foot of Doctor Sloper's white marble steps.

他们 tā men 看到那具尸体 shītǐ 四肢 sìzhī 伸开 shēn kāi tǎng zài 台阶 táijiē shǎng .

They saw the corpse sprawled on the steps.

年轻 niánqīng de 艾姆斯 tuō zhāo 嘉莉 de 胳膊 gēbo , shǎng le 台阶 táijiē .

Young Ames held Carrie's elbow as he helped her up the steps.

台阶 táijiē Decomposition

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台阶 táijiē Compounds

See all 47 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 台阶 táijiē in their composition.

  • Tái
    • zhì
      • ,
    • shǐ , tāi , tái , tái , tái , , dài , dài , , chī , , , tái , hāi , dài , shǐ , tái , tái , , , , dài , tái , dài , tái , , , , , , , , 紿, , , , , , , , tái , , , ,
  • jiē
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