台阶 táijiē▶ Pasos, escalones

Stroke order

台阶 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

• 台 — 5 strokes
• 阶 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. steps
2. flight of steps
3. step (over obstacle)
4. fig. way out of an embarrassing situation
5. bench (geology)

Related words

• 柜台Mostrador; contrarrestar
• 电台emisora de radio, estación de radio
• 阳台balcón
• 阶段etapa
• 台plataforma
• 台风Tifón

台阶 is pronounced táijiē and means “Pasos, escalones”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 台阶 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.