계단

gyedan · [계단]

stairs · staircase · step · stair

nounBeginner

Meanings

  1. stairs; staircaseA structure consisting of a series of parallel rungs arranged diagonally, used for climbing up or down.
  2. stepA procedure that one has to go through to achieve a certain goal.
  3. step; stairA unit for counting the number of steps, which consist of a series of parallel rungs arranged diagonally, used for climbing up or down.

Written Forms

계단Hangul
階段Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

He goes from the student cafeteria to the student support office by stairs.

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You need to go down those stairs you see there and head to the right.

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You can find the Line 2 boarding area by going down those stairs over there.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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