梯

梯 tī in a sentence

Ladder

Full dictionary entry 11 sentences

梯 (tī) means Ladder. Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

电 梯 正在维修。

Diàntī zhèngzài wéixiū.

The lift is under repair.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 维修

这个楼里有电 梯 。

Zhège lóu lǐ yǒu diàntī.

There is a lift in this building.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 楼

我们坐电 梯 上去吧。

Wǒmen zuò diàntī shàngqu ba.

Let's take the lift up.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 电梯

这个楼的电 梯 坏了。

Zhège lóu de diàntī huài le.

The lift in this building is broken.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 电梯

洗手间旁边有电 梯 。

Xǐshǒujiān pángbiān yǒu diàntī.

There is a lift next to the toilets.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 洗手间

着火时不要坐电 梯 。

Zháohuǒ shí bùyào zuò diàntī.

Do not use the lift in a fire.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 着火

他把 梯 子竖了起来。

Tā bǎ tīzi shù le qǐlái.

He stood the ladder up.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 竖

电 梯 出现故障,暂时停用。

Diàntī chūxiàn gùzhàng, zànshí tíngyòng.

The lift has broken down and is out of service for now.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 故障

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From the graded readers

我住在十一楼,只好走楼 梯 。

wǒ zhù zài shíyī lóu, zhǐhǎo zǒu lóutī.

I live on the eleventh floor, so I had to take the stairs.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger

我跑进电 梯 ,看见了我的经理。

wǒ pǎo jìn diàntī, kànjiànle wǒ de(possessive) jīnglǐ.

I ran into the lift and saw my manager.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work

那天下午,我们楼的电 梯 坏了。

nà / nèi tiānxià wǔ, wǒmen lóu de / dì diàntī huàile.

That afternoon the lift in our building broke down.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger

Words that contain 梯

Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.

Questions about 梯

How is 梯 used in a sentence?

This page shows 11 sentences using 梯 (tī, "Ladder"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 梯 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 梯 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Where can I see the full entry for 梯?

The dictionary page for 梯 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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