| 阶 | [ jiē ] variant of 階|阶[jie1] |
| 阶 | [ jiē ] rank or step, stairs |
| 阶乘 | [ jiē chéng ] the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120 |
| 阶地 | [ jiē dì ] terrace (geography) |
| 阶层 | [ jiē céng ] hierarchy, stratum, social class |
| 阶梯 | [ jiē tī ] flight of steps, (fig.) a means of advancement, stepping stone |
| 阶梯教室 | [ jiē tī shì ] lecture theater |
| 阶梯计价 | [ jiē tī jì jià ] volumetric pricing, tiered pricing, differential pricing |
| 阶段 | [ jiē duàn ] stage, section, phase, period, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 阶段性 | [ jiē duàn xìng ] specific to a particular stage (of a project etc), interim (policy etc), occurring in stages, phased |
| 阶级 | [ jiē jí ] (social) class, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 阶级式 | [ jiē jí shì ] hierarchical |
| 阶级成分 | [ jiē jí chéng fèn ] social composition, social status (in Marxist theory, esp. using during the Cultural Revolution) |
| 阶级斗争 | [ jiē jí doù zhēng ] class struggle |
| ⇒ 七声音阶 | [ qī shēng yīn jiē ] heptatonic scale |
| ⇒ 下台阶 | [ xià taí jiē ] to extricate oneself, way out |
| ⇒ 中产阶级 | [ zhōng chǎn jiē jí ] middle class |
| ⇒ 二阶 | [ èr jiē ] second order, quadratic (math.) |
| ⇒ 五声音阶 | [ wǔ shēng yīn jiē ] pentatonic scale |
| ⇒ 低阶 | [ dī jiē ] low level |
| ⇒ 低阶语言 | [ dī jiē yǔ yán ] low-level (computer) language |
| ⇒ 剥削阶级 | [ bō xuē jiē jí ] exploiting class (in Marxist theory) |
| ⇒ 加封官阶 | [ jiā fēng guān jiē ] to confer additional titles on a nobleman |
| ⇒ 同步数位阶层 | [ tóng bù shù weì jiē céng ] synchronous digital hierarchy, SDH |
| ⇒ 土阶茅屋 | [ tǔ jiē maó wū ] lit. earthen steps and a small cottage, frugal living conditions (idiom) |
| ⇒ 土阶茅茨 | [ tǔ jiē maó cí ] lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut, frugal living conditions (idiom) |
| ⇒ 地主阶级 | [ dì zhǔ jiē jí ] land-owning classes |
| ⇒ 官阶 | [ guān jiē ] official rank |
| ⇒ 小资产阶级 | [ zī chǎn jiē jí ] petty bourgeois |
| ⇒ 工人阶级 | [ gōng rén jiē jí ] working class |
| ⇒ 工薪阶层 | [ gōng xīn jiē céng ] salaried class |
| ⇒ 找台阶儿 | [ zhaǒ taí jiē ] to find an excuse, to look for a pretext |
| ⇒ 拼音阶段 | [ pīn yīn jiē duàn ] alphabetic stage |
| ⇒ 新阶段 | [ xīn jiē duàn ] new level, higher plane |
| ⇒ 无产阶级 | [ wú chǎn jiē jí ] proletariat |
| ⇒ 现阶段 | [ xiàn jiē duàn ] at the present stage |
| ⇒ 石阶 | [ shí jiē ] stone step |
| ⇒ 社会阶层 | [ shè huì jiē céng ] social hierarchy, stratum in society, social status |
| ⇒ 台阶 | [ taí jiē ] steps, flight of steps, step (over obstacle), fig. way out of an embarrassing situation, bench (geology) |
| ⇒ 表意符阶段 | [ yì fú jiē duàn ] logographic stage |
| ⇒ 资产阶级 | [ zī chǎn jiē jí ] the capitalist class, the bourgeoisie |
| ⇒ 资产阶级右派 | [ zī chǎn jiē jí yoù paì ] bourgeois rightist faction (esp. during anti-rightist movement of 1957-58) |
| ⇒ 资产阶级革命 | [ zī chǎn jiē jí gé mìng ] bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) |
| ⇒ 农民阶级 | [ nóng mín jiē jí ] peasant class (esp. in Marxist theory), peasantry |
| ⇒ 连续译码阶段 | [ lián xù yì mǎ jiē duàn ] sequential decoding stage |
| ⇒ 进身之阶 | [ jìn shēn zhī jiē ] stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank |
| ⇒ 进阶 | [ jìn jiē ] advanced |
| ⇒ 门阶 | [ mén jiē ] doorstep, threshold |
| ⇒ 音阶 | [ yīn jiē ] musical scale |
| ⇒ 高阶 | [ gaō jiē ] high level |
| ⇒ 高阶语言 | [ gaō jiē yǔ yán ] (computing) high-level language (Tw, HK, Macau) |
