下臺階

See also: 下台阶 and 下台階

Chinese

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	flight of steps; level
trad. (下臺階/下台階)		下	臺階/台階
simp. (下台阶)		下	台阶
Literally: “a staircase to go down from the stage”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàtáijiē

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàtáijiē
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄝ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahtairjie
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯a̠⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹
  - Yale: hah tòih gāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ toi⁴ gaai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ toi⁴ gai¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɑː²² tʰɔːi̯²¹ kɑːi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

下臺階

a chance to not lose face

給他一個下臺階吧。 [MSC, trad.]
给他一个下台阶吧。 [MSC, simp.]
Gěi tā yīge xiàtáijiē ba. [Pinyin]
Give him an excuse to avoid him from embarrassing himself.

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