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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

阶段

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiēduàn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Phase/feɪz/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"该项目目前处于规划阶段。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A distinct period or stage in a process of change or development.

    "The project is currently in the planning phase."
  2. 2

    A particular appearance or state in a cycle, especially in relation to the moon or planets.

    "The moon is in its full phase tonight."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek word phasis, meaning 'appearance' or 'manifestation', from phainein 'to show'. It entered modern European languages through astronomy to describe the apparent shapes of the moon and planets, later expanding into physics, engineering, and general temporal periods.

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