Steps in Chinese
steps · HSK 5
台阶
- 台 platform
- 阶 steps
Counted with 级: 一级台阶
小心台阶，别摔倒了。 Watch the steps, don't fall.
More words with 台 or 阶
How do you say steps in Chinese?
Steps in Chinese is 台阶 (tái jiē).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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