Chinese symbol for “grade”
等级
děng jí
Traditional: 等級
grade; rank; status
The closest CC-CEDICT match for grade is 等级 (děng jí), defined as: grade; rank; status.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “grade”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年级 (年級) | nián jí | grade; year (in school, college etc) |
| 分数 (分數) | fēn shù | (exam) grade; mark |
| 档次 (檔次) | dàng cì | grade; class |
| 评分 (評分) | píng fēn | to grade; to mark (student's work) |
| 班次 | bān cì | grade; class number (in school) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 等级.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 等等 | děng děng | et cetera; and so on ... |
| 平等 | píng děng | equal; equality |
| 等待 | děng dài | to wait; to wait for |
| 等于 (等於) | děng yú | to equal; to be tantamount to |
| 高等 | gāo děng | high-level; higher (animals, education etc) |
| 高级 (高級) | gāo jí | high level; high grade |
| 超级 (超級) | chāo jí | super-; ultra- |
| 升级 (升級) | shēng jí | to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “grade”.
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