tái jiē

Traditional: 臺階

HSK 4

台阶 (tái jiē) is a Chinese word meaning “steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle)”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 台阶

台tāi · used in place names阶jiē · rank or step

Related words

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