阶段 jiēduàn, [階段], stage/section/phase/period/CL:個|个[gè] 台阶 táijiē, [臺階], steps/flight of steps/step (over obstacle)/fig. way out of an embarrassing situa... 阶级 jiējí, [階級], (social) class/CL:個|个[gè] 中产阶级 zhōngchǎnjiējí, [中產階級], middle class 阶层 jiēcéng, [階層], hierarchy/stratum/social class 阶梯 jiētī, [階梯], flight of steps/(fig.) a means of advancement/stepping stone 阶 jiē, [堦]/[階], variant of 階|阶[jiē], rank or step/stairs 工人阶级 gōngrénjiējí, [工人階級], working class 现阶段 xiànjiēduàn, [現階段], at the present stage 音阶 yīnjiē, [音階], musical scale 官阶 guānjiē, [官階], official rank 工薪阶层 gōngxīnjiēcéng, [工薪階層], salaried class 无产阶级 wúchǎnjiējí, [無產階級], proletariat 资产阶级 zīchǎnjiējí, [資產階級], the capitalist class/the bourgeoisie 阶段性 jiēduànxìng, [階段性], specific to a particular stage (of a project etc)/interim (policy etc)/occurring... 石阶 shíjiē, [石階], stone step 阶级斗争 jiējídòuzhēng, [階級鬥爭], class struggle 七声音阶 qīshēngyīnjiē, [七聲音階], heptatonic scale 下台阶 xiàtáijiē, [下臺階], to extricate oneself/way out 二阶 èrjiē, [二階], second order/quadratic (math.) 五声音阶 wǔshēngyīnjiē, [五聲音階], pentatonic scale 低阶 dījiē, [低階], low level 低阶语言 dījiēyǔyán, [低階語言], low-level (computer) language 农民阶级 nóngmínjiējí, [農民階級], peasant class (esp. in Marxist theory)/peasantry 剥削阶级 bōxuējiējí, [剝削階級], exploiting class (in Marxist theory) 加封官阶 jiāfēngguānjiē, [加封官階], to confer additional titles on a nobleman 同步数位阶层 tóngbùshùwèijiēcéng, [同步數位階層], synchronous digital hierarchy/SDH 土阶茅屋 tǔjiēmáowū, [土階茅屋], lit. earthen steps and a small cottage/frugal living conditions (idiom) 土阶茅茨 tǔjiēmáocí, [土階茅茨], lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut/frugal living conditions (idiom) 地主阶级 dìzhǔjiējí, [地主階級], land-owning classes 小资产阶级 xiǎozīchǎnjiējí, [小資產階級], petty bourgeois 找台阶儿 zhǎotáijiēr, [找台階兒], to find an excuse/to look for a pretext 拼音阶段 pīnyīnjiēduàn, [拼音階段], alphabetic stage 新阶段 xīnjiēduàn, [新階段], new level/higher plane 社会阶层 shèhuìjiēcéng, [社會階層], social hierarchy/stratum in society/social status 表意符阶段 biǎoyìfújiēduàn, [表意符階段], logographic stage 资产阶级右派 zīchǎnjiējíyòupài, [資產階級右派], bourgeois rightist faction (esp. during anti-rightist movement of 1957-58) 资产阶级革命 zīchǎnjiējígémìng, [資產階級革命], bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revo... 进身之阶 jìnshēnzhījiē, [進身之階], stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank 进阶 jìnjiē, [進階], advanced 连续译码阶段 liánxùyìmǎjiēduàn, [連續譯碼階段], sequential decoding stage 门阶 ménjiē, [門階], doorstep/threshold 阶乘 jiēchéng, [階乘], the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120 阶地 jiēdì, [階地], terrace (geography) 阶梯教室 jiētījiàoshì, [階梯教室], lecture theater 阶梯计价 jiētījìjià, [階梯計價], volumetric pricing/tiered pricing/differential pricing 阶级式 jiējíshì, [階級式], hierarchical 阶级成分 jiējíchéngfèn, [階級成分], social composition/social status (in Marxist theory, esp. using during the Cultu... 高阶 gāojiē, [高階], high level 高阶语言 gāojiēyǔyán, [高階語言], (computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau)