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级别 jíbié “level” in Chinese

Traditional 級別

What 级别 means

  1. level
  2. rank
  3. grade
  4. (military) rank

How to say 级别

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale级jí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale别bié2nd tone, rising

级别 in a sentence

  1. 记住我的级别在你的之上。

    Jìzhù wǒ de jíbié zài nǐ de zhīshàng.

    Remember that I outrank you.

    Sentence #5780596 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 级别 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 级 (jí) with each of its parts in a different colour
级jílevel
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 及to extend · jíSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 及 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jí.

The character 别 (bié) with each of its parts in a different colour
别biéto leave; to part
  • 另another · lìng
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

Memory aidA knife 刂 cutting things apart: to separate. As a command, 别 means “don't”.

How to write 级别

级 6 strokes · 别 7 strokes

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级别 (jíbié) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 级别 (jíbié). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 级别

Words with 级

年级niánjí · grade班级bānjí · class (of students)超级chāojí · super初级chūjí · elementary高级gāojí · high level上级shàngjí · superior等级děngjí · grade

Words with 别

别bié · don’t别人biéren · other people特别tèbié · special别的biéde · other区别qūbié · difference性别xìngbié · gender分别fēnbié · to part告别gàobié · to say goodbye个别gèbié · individual别墅biéshù · villa

More words: Ideas & Concepts

见解jiànjiě · view见闻jiànwén · what one sees and hears见义勇为jiànyìyǒngwéi · to act bravely for a just cause焦点jiāodiǎn · focus结局jiéjú · ending界限jièxiàn · boundary精华jīnghuá · essence境界jìngjiè · realm

FAQs

级别 (jíbié) means “level” or “rank”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jíbié: jí with a 2nd tone, then bié with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 级别 is written 級別. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jibie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 级别 from the suggestions. Typing jibie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
级别 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.