梯 (tī): ladder, stairs
梯 (tī) is a Chinese character meaning “ladder, stairs.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 弟 (phonetic). It ranks #1659 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 梯 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- ladder, stairs
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 梯
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梯子 | tī zi | ladder |
| 阶梯 | jiē tī | flight of steps |
| 云梯 | yún tī | (military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times |
| 滑梯 | huá tī | (children's) sliding board |
| 扶梯 | fú tī | ladder |
| 绳梯 | shéng tī | a rope ladder |
| 梯队 | tī duì | echelon (military formation) |
| 梯级 | tī jí | stair |
| 梯形 | tī xíng | trapezoid |
| 旋梯 | xuán tī | spiral stairs |
| 舷梯 | xián tī | gangway |
| 天梯 | tiān tī | stairway to heaven |
| 梯度 | tī dù | gradient |
| 梯田 | tī tián | stepped fields |
| 梯次队形 | tī cì duì xíng | echelon formation (military) |
梯 appears in 48 compound words: 33 as the first character, 52 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 梯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
电梯坏了，大家只能走楼梯上下楼，非常不方便。
Diàntī huài le, dàjiā zhǐ néng zǒu lóutī shàngxià lóu, fēicháng bù fāngbiàn.
The elevator is broken, so everyone has to take the stairs, which is very inconvenient.
东京晴空塔爆电梯急坠事故 约20人受困5.5小时 120...
dōng jīng qíng kōng tǎ bào diàn tī jí zhuì shì gù yuē 2 0 rén shòu kùn 5 . 5 xiǎo shí 1 2 0 . . .
Tokyo Skytree explosion elevator crash about 20 people trapped for 5.5 hours 120...
东京晴空塔爆电梯急坠事故 约20人受困 大批游客滞留观景...
dōng jīng qíng kōng tǎ bào diàn tī jí zhuì shì gù yuē 2 0 rén shòu kùn dà pī yóu kè zhì liú guàn jǐng . . .
Tokyo Skytree exploded and the elevator crashed suddenly, about 20 people were trapped, and a large number of tourists were stranded to watch...
牛池湾纪律部队宿舍天台梯间起火 50人疏散 警列纵火调查
niú chí wān jì lǜ bù duì sù shě tiān tái tī jiān qǐ huǒ 5 0 rén shū sàn jǐng liè zòng huǒ diào chá
A fire broke out in the roof stairwell of the Niuchiwan Disciplined Forces dormitory, 50 people were evacuated, and the police arson investigation was conducted
永定河山峡段4座梯级水电站累计发电破100亿千瓦时
yǒng dìng hé shān xiá duàn zuò tī jí shuǐ diàn zhàn lěi jì fā diàn pò yì qiān wǎ shí
Cumulative power generation from the four cascade hydropower stations along the mountainous section of the Yongding River surpasses 10 billion kilowatt-hours.
他把梯子倚着栅栏放。
Tā bǎ tīzi yǐ zhe zhàlán fàng.
He placed the ladder against the fence.
这个梯子是否足够坚固以承受我的重量？
Zhège tīzi shìfǒu zúgòu jiāngù yǐ chéngshòu wǒ de zhòngliàng?
Is this ladder strong enough to bear my weight?
他失去了平衡，从梯子上摔了下来。
Tā shīqù le pínghéng, cóng tīzi shàng shuāi le xiàlai.
He lost his balance and fell off the ladder.
我搭电梯去了四楼。
Wǒ dā diàntī qù le sì lóu.
I took the lift to the third floor.
我在电梯里嗅到烟味。
Wǒ zài diàntī lǐ xiù dào yān wèi.
I smell smoke in the elevator.
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