# 階段
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiēduàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai$^1$ dyun$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiê-thon / kiâi-thon
    (Meixian, Guangdong): giai$^1$ ton$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kai-tōaⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gai$^1$ deng$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiēduàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jieduàn
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^1$-tuan$^4$
*** Yale: jyē-dwàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieduann
*** Palladius: цзедуань (czeduanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaai$^1$ dyun$^6$
*** Yale: gāai dyuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaai$^1$ dyn$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gai$^1$ dün$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːi̯⁵⁵ tyːn²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiê-thon
*** Hakka Romanization System: gie$^ˊ$ ton
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gie$^1$ ton$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯e²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰon⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiâi-thon
*** Hakka Romanization System: giai$^ˊ$ ton
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giai$^1$ ton$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯ai̯²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰon⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: giai$^1$ ton$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiaɪ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ tʰɔn⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kai-tōaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: kai-tuānn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kai'dvoa
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kai⁴⁴⁻²² tuã²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kai³³ tuã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai⁴⁴⁻²² tuã²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴⁴⁻³³ tuã³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gai$^1$ deng$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kai tṳ̄ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kai³³⁻²³ tɯŋ¹¹/

### Noun

階段
* phase; stage (Classifier: 個／个)
    年齡階段／年龄阶段 ― niánlíng jiēduàn ― stage of (a person's) life
    起步階段／起步阶段 ― qǐbù jiēduàn ― initial stage
    劃分研究階段／划分研究阶段 ― huàfēn yánjiū jiēduàn ― to divide research into stages
* (mining) level (Classifier: 個／个)
    From: 2006 August 30, 范庆霞 and 王海军, 地下矿山穿脉运输巷道的布置方法（说明书）, page 1
    Wǒguó dìxià kuàngshān cǎiyòng de jiēduàn gāodù yībān zài 100 ~ 120m, yě jiùshì shuō, zài 100 ~ 120m de gāodù shàng cái bùzhì yī tào jiēduàn yùnshū xìtǒng, gè fēnduàn cǎikuàng jìnlù huícǎi de kuàngshí tōngguò liū jǐng xià fàng dào jiēduàn yùnshū shuǐpíng, yībān chuānmài yùnshū xiàngdào (bāokuò: chuānmài yùnshū xiàngdào hé qítā yùnshū xiàngdào) yùn zhì zhǐdìng dìdiǎn, yībān chuānmài yùnshū xiàngdào hé jìnlù chéng língxíng bùzhì, shì yījù wú dǐzhù fēnduàn bēngluò cǎikuàng fǎ jīběn yāoqiú ér quèdìng de. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 2007, 朱靖, 王永春, 任宏伟, 阶段充填采矿方法在宝山铁矿的应用, in 《采矿技术》 (Mining Technology), volume 7, number 3, page 8
    Kuòjiàn hòu, kuàngjǐng huàfēn wéi 486, 436, 386 m děng 3 ge jiēduàn, jiēduàn gāo 50 m. [Pinyin]
    After extending the mine, the pit is divided into three levels at 486, 436, and 386 m, with levels of 50 m high.
    From: 2009 July, 田昌贵 (Tian Chang-gui), 徐立 (Xu Li), 李元松 (Li Yuan-song), 陈清运 (Chen Qing-yun), 胡乔 (Hu Qiao), 艾格佐尔铜钼矿全无轨地下开采方案设计 (Schematic design of full trackless underground mining of Aigedzor copper-moly ore), in 《武汉工程大学学报》 (Journal of Wuhan Institute of Technology), volume 31, number 7, page 54
    jiēduàn qiángzhì bēngluò cǎikuàng fǎ shìyìtú [Pinyin]
    The sketch map of level force caving method

#### Synonyms

* (phase): 段落 (duànluò)

#### Derived terms

* 階段性／阶段性 (jiēduànxìng)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 階 | 段 |
| かい Grade: 3 | だん Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かいだん [kàídáń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠idã̠ɴ]

### Noun

階(かい)段(だん) • (kaidan)
* stairs, staircase
    階段(かいだん)を上(のぼ)る
       kaidan o noboru
       to go up stairs
* ladder, a series of steps to advancement to be followed in order

### See also

* 段階(だんかい) (dankai)

### 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 :
| 階 | 段 |

### Noun

階段 • (gyedan) (hangeul 계단)
* hanja form of 계단 (“stairs, staircase, stairway; ladder”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 階 | 段 |

### Noun

階段
* chữ Hán form of giai đoạn (“stage”).