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臺階
  toi4 gaai1   jyutping
  tai2 jie1   pinyin
[1] steps; a flight of steps | Cant.: 步級 [2] pedestal; bench [3] an opportunity to extricate oneself from an awkward position


Level: 3   Google Frequency: 2,350,000

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

This word has been viewed 1491 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 16th Jun 2005 15:18 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 toi4  -  terrace; platform; stand; Taiwan
 gaai1  -  steps; rank

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail  toi4 gaai1  tai2 jie1 = steps; a flight of steps
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