| 階段HSK 5 | jiē duàn | stage; section; phase; period; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 階級 | jiē jí | (social) class; Classifiers: 个 |
| 1 | Work in two different stages | |
| 2 | She was stopped on a step. | |
| 3 | He climbed to the top of the mountain step by step. | |
| 4 | The gap between social classes is narrowing. | |
| 5 | She started interning during her undergraduate studies. |