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階
简 阶 · 繁 階Mandarin · pinyin jiē
Meanings
- rank or step
- stairs
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gaai1
Cantonese word readings for 階. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- stair; step
- (figurative) rank; degree; level; seniority; order of precedence
- (figurative) phase; stage (serially-ordered division of time, level of completion, etc.)
- (music) scale
- (mathematics) order; degree (quantity signifying various concepts in mathematics, chiefly integer-valued)
- (mathematics) order; degree (quantity signifying various concepts in mathematics, chiefly integer-valued) — (graph theory) the number of vertices in a graph
- a surname
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