阶级 meaning in English

jiējí

(social) class

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 階級12 strokes

Meaning of 阶级

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jiējí
  1. (social) class

Measure word: 個|个

阶级 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè个ge国guó家jiā里lǐ不bù同tóng年nián龄líng阶jiē级jí的de人rén都dōu减jiǎn少shǎo了le对duì棒bàng球qiú的de兴xìng趣qù。
Interest in baseball cuts across classes and ages in this country.
卡kǎ尔ěr·马mǎ克kè思sī说shuō:“ 到dào目mù前qián为wéi止zhǐ的de一yī切qiè社shè会huì的de历lì史shǐ都dōu是shì阶jiē级jí斗dòu争zhēng的de历lì史shǐ。”
Karl Marx says, "The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles."
革gé命mìng就jiù是shì一yī场cháng暴bào动dòng,一yī场cháng由yóu一yí个gè阶jiē级jí推tuī翻fān另lìng一yí个gè阶jiē级jí的de暴bào力lì行xíng动dòng。
A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

阶 jiē · stairs · 6 strokes

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  2. 2
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级 jí · level · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 阶级.

高级gāojíhigh level; high grade
年级niánjígrade; year (in school, college etc)
中级zhōngjímiddle level (in a hierarchy)
超级chāojísuper-; ultra-
班级bānjíclass (group of students); grade (in school)
初级chūjíjunior; primary
阶段jiēduànstage; section
台阶táijiēsteps; flight of steps
上级shàngjíhigher authorities; superiors
等级děngjígrade; rank
升级shēngjíto go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity)
顶级dǐngjítop-notch; first-rate

Questions about 阶级

What does 阶级 mean?

阶级 (jiējí) means "(social) class" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 阶级?

阶级 is made of 2 characters: 阶 (6 strokes), 级 (6 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 阶级 an HSK word?

Yes. 阶级 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 阶级 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 阶级 is written 階級.