梯
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Translingual
Han character
梯 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木金弓竹 (DCNH), four-corner 48927, composition ⿰木弟)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14881
- Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1220, character 2
- Unihan data for U+68AF
Chinese
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Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰiːl): semantic 木 (“wood, tree”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls) – a wooden ladder.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-l(a/e)j (“bridge, ladder”); compare the first syllable of Burmese လှေကား (hleka:, “stairs, ladder”) (STEDT, Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): tăi
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tui1 / te1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1thi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tī
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ti
- Wade–Giles: tʻi1
- Yale: tī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ti
- Palladius: ти (ti)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ti1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ti
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: tai1
- Yale: tāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: tai1
- Guangdong Romanization: tei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hai1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hai³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thôi
- Hakka Romanization System: toiˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: toi1
- Sinological IPA: /tʰoi̯²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: toiˋ
- Sinological IPA: /tʰoi⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: tăi
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰai⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: tui1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: tui
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰui⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: tui1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰui⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: te1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ta̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰe⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: te1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰe⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
Note:
- tui1 - vernacular;
- te1 - literary.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Longyan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thui
- Tâi-lô: thui
- Phofsit Daibuun: tuy
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /tʰui³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴⁴/
- IPA (Longyan): /tʰui³³⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines, Longyan)
Note:
- thui - vernacular;
- the - literary.
- Middle Chinese: thej
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤj/
- (Zhengzhang): /*tʰiːl/
Definitions
梯
- ladder; steps; stairs (Classifier: 條／条 c; 堂 c; 支 mn; 張／张 mn-t)
- ladder-shaped object
- to climb
- to lean against
- (Hong Kong, in compounds) escalator
- 梯旁 ― tai1 pong4 ― along the Central–Mid-Levels escalator
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 梯子 (“ladder”)
Dialectal synonyms of 自動扶梯 (“escalator”)
Compounds
- 人梯 (réntī)
- 去梯言
- 回旋梯
- 太平梯 (tàipíngtī)
- 天梯 (tiāntī)
- 安全梯
- 扶梯 (fútī)
- 抽梯子
- 拔短梯
- 搭梯子
- 摺梯 / 折梯
- 木拐梯子
- 梯凳
- 梯媒
- 梯子 (tīzi)
- 梯山
- 梯山航海 (tīshānhánghǎi)
- 梯己
- 梯形 (tīxíng)
- 梯恩梯 (tī'ēntī)
- 梯桄
- 梯橋 / 梯桥
- 梯次 (tīcì)
- 梯氣 / 梯气
- 梯河
- 梯田 (tītián)
- 梯級 / 梯级 (tījí)
- 梯航
- 梯衝 / 梯冲
- 梯隊 / 梯队 (tīduì)
- 樓梯 / 楼梯 (lóutī)
- 氣壓梯度 / 气压梯度
- 滑梯 (huátī)
- 滑稽突梯
- 登梯
- 登雲梯 / 登云梯
- 盤梯 / 盘梯
- 禍梯 / 祸梯
- 突梯
- 突梯滑稽
- 第三梯隊 / 第三梯队
- 等腰梯形 (děngyāo tīxíng)
- 緪梯
- 繩梯 / 绳梯 (shéngtī)
- 翻梯子
- 胡梯 (hútī)
- 航海梯山
- 舷梯 (xiántī)
- 軟梯 / 软梯
- 鉤梯 / 钩梯
- 階梯 / 阶梯 (jiētī)
- 雲梯 / 云梯 (yúntī)
- 雲梯車 / 云梯车
- 電扶梯 / 电扶梯 (diànfútī)
- 電梯 / 电梯 (diàntī)
- 飛梯 / 飞梯
- 魚梯 / 鱼梯
References
- “梯”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
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Pronunciation
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