Dictionary › 阶层

阶层

jiē céng

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 階層

What 阶层 means

1. social class

The characters in 阶层

• 阶jiērank or step; stairs
• 层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story

Example sentences

• 中国有日益壮大的中产阶层。
  China has a growing middle class.
• 美国是一个自称没有社会阶层的国家。
  Měiguó shì yī gè zìchēng méiyǒu shèhuìjiēcéng de guójiā.
  America likes to claim that it is a "classless" society.

Words containing 阶层

• 工薪阶层gōng xīn jiē céngsalaried class
• 社会阶层shè huì jiē céngsocial class
• 同步数位阶层tóng bù shù wèi jiē céngsynchronous digital hierarchy; SDH