等級

See also: 等级

Chinese

		class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on	level; grade; rank level; grade; rank; step
trad. (等級)		等	級
simp. (等级)		等	级

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): děngjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˇ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² kap¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tén-kip / tén-khip

  (Hailu, HRS): den^ˊ kib

• Eastern Min (BUC): dēng-ngék
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tńg-khip / téng-kip / tńg-kip

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng² kib⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: děngjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˇ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: děngjí
    • Wade–Giles: têng³-chi²
    • Yale: děng-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deengjyi
    • Palladius: дэнцзи (dɛnczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang² kap¹
    • Yale: dáng kāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang² kap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng² keb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tén-kip / tén-khip
    • Hakka Romanization System: den^ˋ gib^ˋ / den^ˋ kib^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: den³ gib⁵ / den³ kib⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ten³¹ kip̚²/, /ten³¹ kʰip̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: den^ˊ kib
    • Sinological IPA: /ten²⁴⁻³³ kʰip⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dēng-ngék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛiŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ŋɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tńg-khip
    • Tâi-lô: tńg-khip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngfqib
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰip̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: téng-kip
    • Tâi-lô: tíng-kip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defngkib
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kip̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tńg-kip
    • Tâi-lô: tńg-kip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngfkib
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kip̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dêng² kib⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: téng khip
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /teŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰip̚²/

Noun

等級

1. grade; level; rank; ranking; class

   毒性等級／毒性等级  ―  dúxìng děngjí  ―  toxicity class; level of toxicity

2. hierarchy

   法院等級／法院等级  ―  fǎyuàn děngjí  ―  court hierarchy

Synonyms

• (grade):

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• 差等 (cīděng) (literary)
• 平臺 / 平台 (píngtái)
• 等第 (děngdì) (literary)
• 級別 / 级别 (jíbié)
• 級聲 / 级声 (Hokkien)

• (hierarchy): 等級制度／等级制度 (děngjí zhìdù)

Derived terms

• 信用等級評定 / 信用等级评定 (xìnyòng děngjí píngdìng)
• 比較等級 / 比较等级 (bǐjiào děngjí)
• 等級制 / 等级制 (děngjízhì)
• 等級制度 / 等级制度 (děngjí zhìdù)
• 等級賽 / 等级赛 (děngjísài)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (等級):

• → Japanese: 等(とう)級(きゅう) (tōkyū)
• → Korean: 등급(等級) (deunggeup)
• → Vietnamese: đẳng cấp (等級)

References

• “等級”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “等級”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “Entry #3627”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
等	級
とう Grade: 3	きゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とーきゅう [tòókyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːkʲɨː]

Noun

等(とう)級(きゅう) • (tōkyū) 

1. grade; class

   等級(とうきゅう)が一(ひと)つ上(あ)がる

   tōkyū ga hitotsu agaru

   go one rank higher

2. (astronomy) magnitude

Korean

Hanja in this term
等	級

Noun

等級 • (deunggeup) (hangeul 등급)

1. hanja form^? of 등급 (“class; grade; rating”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
等	級

Noun

等級

1. chữ Hán form of đẳng cấp (“level; rank; degree”).