# 等級
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): děngjí
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˇ ㄐㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dang$^2$ kap$^1$
* 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): dêng$^2$ kib$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: děngjí
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˇ ㄐㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: děngjí
*** Wade–Giles: têng$^3$-chi$^2$
*** Yale: děng-jí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deengjyi
*** Palladius: дэнцзи (dɛnczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dang$^2$ kap$^1$
*** Yale: dáng kāp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dang$^2$ kap$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: deng$^2$ keb$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: den$^3$ gib$^5$ / den$^3$ kib$^5$
*** 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 : /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: dêng$^2$ kib$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: téng khip
*** Sinological IPA : /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):
* 差等 (cīděng) (literary)
* 平臺／平台 (píngtái)
* 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

* → Japanese: 等(とう)級(きゅう) (tōkyū)
* → Korean: 등급(等級) (deunggeup)
* → Vietnamese: đẳng cấp (等級)

### References

* “Entry #44696”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
* “Entry #22812”, 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., 2024.
* “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])
* IPA: [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”).