階級

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See also: 阶级

Chinese

rank or step; stairs
 
level; grade; rank
level; grade; rank; step
trad. (階級)
simp. (阶级)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (33) (142)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter keaj kip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛi/ /kˠiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæi/ /kᵚip̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɐi/ /kiep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨj/ /kjip̚/
Li
Rong
/kɛi/ /kjəp̚/
Wang
Li
/kɐi/ /kĭĕp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kăi/ /ki̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiē ji
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai1 gap1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiē
Middle
Chinese
‹ kɛj › ‹ kip ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁrij/ /*k(r)əp/
English steps, stairs degree, grade

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6417 5659
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kriːl/ /*krɯb/

Noun

階級

  1. class (social division based on socio-economic status)
    階級矛盾阶级矛盾  ―  jiējí máodùn  ―  class conflict
    剝削階級剥削阶级  ―  bōxuē jiējí  ―  exploiting class
    階級統治阶级统治  ―  jiējí tǒngzhì  ―  class rule
    全世界壓迫階級 [MSC, trad.]
    全世界压迫阶级 [MSC, simp.]
    quánshìjiè bèi yāpò jiējí
    the oppressed classes of the world
  2. (literary) step (on a flight of stairs)
  3. (literary) rank of an official

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3
きゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(かい)(きゅう) (kaikyūかいきふ (kaikifu)?

  1. social standing, (social) status, (social) class

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

階級 (gyegeup or McCune-Reischauer: kyegŭp or Yale: kyeykup) (hangeul 계급)

  1. Hanja form? of 계급 (class).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

階級

  1. chữ Hán form of giai cấp (class).