阶段 (jiēduàn) means Stage (step - section - phase). Below are 9 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
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
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
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
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
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How is 阶段 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 阶段 (jiēduàn, "Stage (step - section - phase)"), 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.
Is 阶段 an HSK word?
Yes — 阶段 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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The dictionary page for 阶段 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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