🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

等级制度

Pronunciation / Transliteration: děngjí zhìdù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hierarchy/ˈhaɪəˌrɑːr.ki/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这家公司有着严格的等级制度。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

    "She worked her way up through the corporate hierarchy to reach the position of CEO."
  2. 2

    An arrangement or classification of things according to relative importance, value, or level.

    "Maslow's hierarchy of needs places basic physiological survival at the very foundation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the medieval Latin 'hierarchia', originating from the Greek 'hierarkhia' meaning 'rule of a high priest'. It entered English in the late 14th century through Old French, initially referring to ecclesiastical rule or the three orders of angelic beings before expanding to general systems of ranked authority.

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