階級

See also: 阶级

Chinese

		rank or step; stairs	level; grade; rank level; grade; rank; step
trad. (階級)		階	級
simp. (阶级)		阶	级

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 階級 (かいきゅう) (kaikyū, “(social) class”), which was in turn a semantic readaptation of Chinese 階級／阶级 (jiējí, “class, rank, order”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiējí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ kap¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiê-kip
• Min Nan (POJ): kai-khip / kai-kip

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiējí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiejyi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai¹ kap¹
    • Yale: gāai kāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ kap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ keb¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑːi̯⁵⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiê-kip
    • Hakka Romanization System: gie´ gib`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gie¹ gib⁵
    • IPA: /ki̯e²⁴ kip̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-khip
    • Tâi-lô: kai-khip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kai'qib
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kaɪ³³ kʰip̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-kip
    • Tâi-lô: kai-kip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kai'kib
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻³³ kip̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² kip̚³²/

Noun

階級

1. class (social division based on socio-economic status)

   階級矛盾 / 阶级矛盾  ―  jiējí máodùn  ―  class conflict

   剝削階級 / 剥削阶级  ―  bōxuē jiējí  ―  exploiting class

   階級統治 / 阶级统治  ―  jiējí tǒngzhì  ―  class rule

   全世界被壓迫階級 [MSC, trad.]
   全世界被压迫阶级 [MSC, simp.]

   quánshìjiè bèi yāpò jiējí [Pinyin]

   the oppressed classes of the world

Derived terms

• 中產階級／中产阶级 (zhōngchǎn jiējí)
• 勞動階級／劳动阶级 (láodòng jiējí)
• 工人階級／工人阶级 (gōngrén jiējí)
• 有產階級／有产阶级 (yǒuchǎn jiējí)
• 無產階級／无产阶级 (wúchǎn jiējí)
• 無產階級專政／无产阶级专政 (wúchǎn jiējí zhuānzhèng)
• 社會階級／社会阶级 (shèhuì jiējí)

• 統治階級／统治阶级 (tǒngzhì jiējí)
• 資本階級／资本阶级 (zīběn jiējí)
• 資產階級／资产阶级 (zīchǎn jiējí)
• 農民階級／农民阶级 (nóngmín jiējí)
• 階級性／阶级性 (jiējíxìng)
• 階級鬥爭／阶级斗争 (jiējí dòuzhēng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
階	級
かい Grade: 3	きゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) かいきゅう [kàíkyúú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ikʲɨᵝː]

Noun

階級 (hiragana かいきゅう, rōmaji kaikyū, historical hiragana かいきふ)

1. class (social division based on socio-economic status)

Descendants

• Chinese: 階級／阶级 (jiējí)
• Korean: 계급 (gyegeup)
• Vietnamese: giai cấp

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Korean

Hanja in this term
階	級

Noun

階級 • (gyegeup, McCune-Reischauer: kyegŭp, Yale: kyeykup) (hangeul 계급)

1. Hanja form^? of 계급 (“class”).