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梯子 (tī zi): Ladder / stairway (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

梯子 consists of 2 characters.

ladder; stairs; steps

child, offspring, seed, small thing

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Word Info

Pinyintī zi

MeaningLadder / stairway

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxNoun

Word梯子

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3.

How to Use 梯子 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 梯子 with other words naturally.

Verb + Object

jià架

tī梯

zi子

neutral

set up a ladder

pá爬

tī梯

zi子

neutral

climb a ladder

Subject + Verbwith坏

tī梯

zi子

huài坏

le了

Adjective + Nounwith金属

jīn金

shǔ属

tī梯

zi子

Measure Word + Nounwith把

yī一

bǎ把

tī梯

zi子

4.

Example Sentences with 梯子

wǒ我

yǒu有

yī一

bǎ把

tī梯

zi子

。

neutral

the ladder is broken

neutral

metal ladder

neutral

a ladder

I have a ladder.

wèi为

le了

qǔ取

shū书

jià架

dǐng顶

céng层

de的

shū书

，

tā他

bù不

dé得

bù不

bān搬

lái来

yí一

jià架

tī梯

zǐ子

。

To get the book from the top shelf, he had to bring over a ladder.

zài在

xiàng项

mù目

huì汇

bào报

zhōng中

，

tā他

qiǎo巧

miào妙

dì地

jiāng将

shù数

jù据

fēn分

xī析

bǐ比

zuò作

lǐ理

jiě解

shì市

chǎng场

de的

tī梯

zǐ子

。

In the project debrief, he cleverly likened data analysis to a ladder for understanding the market.

bà爸

bà爸

yòng用

tī梯

zi子

pá爬

dào到

wū屋

dǐng顶

shàng上

xiū修

dōng东

xī西

。

Dad used a ladder to climb onto the roof to fix something.

nǐ你

zhī知

dào道

cāng仓

kù库

lǐ里

nà那

jià架

jiù旧

tī梯

zǐ子

hái还

néng能

ān安

quán全

shǐ使

yòng用

ma吗

？

Do you know if that old ladder in the warehouse is still safe to use?

yóu由

yú于

tī梯

zǐ子

de的

héng横

dàng档

yǐ已

jīng经

sōng松

dòng动

，

wǒ我

men们

jué决

dìng定

zàn暂

shí时

bù不

shǐ使

yòng用

tā它

。

Because the ladder's rungs were already loose, we decided not to use it for the time being.

zài在

zhí职

chǎng场

zhōng中

，

nǔ努

lì力

gōng工

zuò作

jiù就

xiàng像

shì是

pān攀

dēng登

shì事

yè业

de的

tī梯

zi子

，

yí一

bù步

bù步

xiàng向

shàng上

。

In the workplace, hard work is like climbing the ladder of career, step by step upward.

tā他

bù不

jǐn仅

jiè借

zhù助

tī梯

zǐ子

gēng更

huàn换

le了

dēng灯

pào泡

，

hái还

shùn顺

biàn便

qīng清

jié洁

le了

tiān天

huā花

bǎn板

。

Not only did he use the ladder to change the light bulb, but he also took the opportunity to clean the ceiling.

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