HSK 6 · Ideas

等级 děngjí “grade” in Chinese

Traditional 等級

What 等级 means

  1. grade
  2. rank
  3. level
  4. status

How to say 等级

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale等děng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale级jí2nd tone, rising

等级 in a sentence

  1. 这家酒店的等级很高。

    Zhè jiā jiǔdiàn de děngjí hěn gāo.

    This hotel is very highly rated.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 鸡蛋按大小分成不同的等级。

    Jīdàn àn dàxiǎo fēnchéng bùtóng de děngjí.

    Eggs are sorted into different grades by size.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 等级 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 等 (děng) with each of its parts in a different colour
等děngto wait for; to await
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhú
  • 寺court · sì
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.

How to write 等级

等 12 strokes · 级 6 strokes

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

Words related to 等级

Words with 等

等děng · to wait等待děngdài · to wait等于děngyú · to equal平等píngděng · equal等候děnghòu · to wait相等xiāngděng · equal

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级别jíbié · level

More words: Ideas & Concepts

当务之急dāngwùzhījí · top priority导向dǎoxiàng · orientation大意dàyì · general idea得不偿失débùchángshī · not worth it地步dìbù · extent定义dìngyì · definition递增dìzēng · to increase steadily动机dòngjī · motive

FAQs

等级 (děngjí) means “grade” or “rank”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it děngjí: děng with a 3rd tone, then jí 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, 等级 is written 等級. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dengji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 等级 from the suggestions. Typing dengji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
等级 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.