阶 (jiē) means Step (stairs). Below are 14 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
这个 阶 段最重要。
Zhège jiēduàn zuì zhòngyào.
This stage is the most important.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 阶段
门口有几级台 阶 。
Ménkǒu yǒu jǐ jí táijiē.
There are a few steps at the entrance.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 台阶
工作进入了新 阶 段。
Gōngzuò jìnrù le xīn jiēduàn.
The work has entered a new phase.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 阶段
合同还在起草 阶 段。
Hétong hái zài qǐ cǎo jiēduàn.
The contract is still at the drafting stage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 起草
老人上台 阶 时很小心。
Lǎorén shàng táijiē shí hěn xiǎoxīn.
The old man is careful going up the steps.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 台阶
这只是一个过渡 阶 段。
Zhè zhǐshì yí ge guòdù jiēduàn.
This is only a transitional stage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 过渡
他一屁股坐在了台 阶 上。
Tā yí pìgu zuò zài le táijiē shang.
He plumped down on the steps.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 屁股
这项技术还在试验 阶 段。
Zhè xiàng jìshù hái zài shìyàn jiēduàn.
This technology is still at the experimental stage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 试验
这种药还在临床试验 阶 段。
Zhè zhǒng yào hái zài línchuáng shìyàn jiēduàn.
This medicine is still in the clinical trial stage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 临床
这个想法还处在萌芽 阶 段。
Zhège xiǎngfǎ hái chǔ zài méngyá jiēduàn.
This idea is still at the budding stage.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 萌芽
教育可以改变一个人的 阶 层。
Jiàoyù kěyǐ gǎibiàn yí ge rén de jiēcéng.
Education can change a person's social position.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 阶层
会议对下一 阶 段的工作作了部署。
Huìyì duì xià yí jiēduàn de gōngzuò zuò le bùshǔ.
The meeting laid out the arrangements for the next stage of work.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 部署
孩子正处在发育 阶 段，营养要跟上。
Háizi zhèng chǔ zài fāyù jiēduàn, yíngyǎng yào gēn shàng.
The child is at a growth stage and needs proper nutrition.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 发育
这本书研究了不同社会 阶 层的生活。
Zhè běn shū yánjiū le bùtóng shèhuì jiēcéng de shēnghuó.
This book studies the lives of different social strata.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 阶层
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Words that contain 阶
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Questions about 阶
How is 阶 used in a sentence?
This page shows 14 sentences using 阶 (jiē, "Step (stairs)"), 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 阶 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 阶 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 阶?
The dictionary page for 阶 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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