Chinese symbol for “echelon”
梯队
tī duì
Traditional: 梯隊
echelon (military formation); (in an organization) group of persons of one level or grade
The closest CC-CEDICT match for echelon is 梯队 (tī duì), defined as: echelon (military formation); (in an organization) group of persons of one level or grade.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “echelon”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梯次 | tī cì | echelon; tier; batch (in a sequence); in succession; tier by tier; in batches (according to a set order) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 梯队.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电梯 (電梯) | diàn tī | elevator; escalator |
| 楼梯 (樓梯) | lóu tī | stair; staircase |
| 阶梯 (階梯) | jiē tī | flight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of |
| 梯子 | tī zi | ladder; stepladder; (Internet slang) VPN or other tool used to circumvent internet censorship |
| 梯度 | tī dù | gradient |
| 军队 (軍隊) | jūn duì | armed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
| 部队 (部隊) | bù duì | army; armed forces |
| 团队 (團隊) | tuán duì | team |
See also: Japanese symbol for “echelon”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.