Chinese symbol for “steps”
台阶
tái jiē
Traditional: 臺階
steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for steps is 台阶 (tái jiē), defined as: steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 台阶.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平台 (平臺) | píng tái | platform; terrace |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
| 电台 (電臺) | diàn tái | transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station |
| 舞台 (舞臺) | wǔ tái | (lit. and fig.) stage; arena |
| 出台 (出臺) | chū tái | to officially launch (a policy, program etc); to appear on stage |
| 阶段 (階段) | jiē duàn | stage; section |
| 阶级 (階級) | jiē jí | (social) class; 个 (gè) |
| 阶层 (階層) | jiē céng | social class |
See also: Japanese symbol for “steps”.
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.