| 阶段HSK 5 | jiē duàn | stage; section; phase; period; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 阶级 | jiē jí | (social) class; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 无产阶级 | wú chǎn jiē jí | proletariat | |
| 资产阶级 | zī chǎn jiē jí | the capitalist class; the bourgeoisie | |
| 台阶HSK 5 | tái jiē | steps; flight of steps; step (over obstacle); fig. way out of an embarrassing situation; bench (geology) |
| 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. |