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

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

grade; level; rank; ranking; class
毒性等級／毒性等级 ― dúxìng děngjí ― toxicity class; level of toxicity
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)
檔次 / 档次 (dàngcì) (Mainland China)
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])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːkʲɨː]

Noun

等(とう)級(きゅう) • (tōkyū)

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
(astronomy) magnitude

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
等	級

Noun

等級 • (deunggeup) (hangeul 등급)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
等	級

Noun

等級

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

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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