电梯

diàntī

elevator; escalator

noun HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 電梯

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  • 楼梯lóutīstairB3
  • 滑梯huátī(children's) sliding boardB7
  • 阶梯jiētīflight of stepsB7
  • 梯子tīziladderB7

See it in sentences

我们坐电梯上去。

We took the elevator up.

电梯坏了,走楼梯吧。

The elevator is broken, let us take the stairs.