梯 (tai1 tai2 | ti1 ti2 fou2) : [1] [n] ladder; steps; stairs; [2] something

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梯

tai1 tai2

ti1 ti2 fou2

[1] [n] ladder; steps; stairs; [2] something to lean or depend on [3] terraced [4] private; intimate [5] [n] phase (in the induction of military draftees)

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

梯

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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樓梯 lau4 tai1 lou2 ti1 = stairway; staircase

電梯 din6 tai1 dian4 ti1 = lift

電動扶梯 din6 dung6 fu4 tai1 dian4 dong4 fu2 ti1 = escalator

電扶梯 din6 fu4 tai1 dian4 fu2 ti1 = escalator

自動扶梯 zi6 dung6 fu4 tai1 zi4 dong4 fu2 ti1 = escalator

自動樓梯 zi6 dung6 lau4 tai1 zi4 dong4 lou2 ti1 = escalator

乘電梯 sing4 din6 tai1 cheng2 dian4 ti1 = to take the lift (elevator) 國

梯級 tai1 kap1 = rundle, rung of a ladder

梯恩梯 tai1 jan1 tai1 ti1 en1 ti1 = TNT (trinitrotoluene) as a loanword

梯度 tai1 dou6 ti1 du4 = gradient
See all 32 compounds (CantoDict reports 33 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 梯

你有張良計，我有過牆梯
Yours is a good idea, but mine is an even better plan.
[is an expression. 張良 was a famous master strategist. lit: You may have 張良's plan, but I have an escalade (a rampart-scaling ladder)]

消防員救出被困電梯內嘅三人。粵
Fire fighters rescued three people trapped inside a lift.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 梯
Unicode code for this character: U+68af (off-site link)

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