How to Say "Ladder" in Cantonese

梯

tai¹

The English word "ladder" is translated into Cantonese as 梯 (tai¹).

梯 refers to a climbing tool.

Meaning: climbing tool (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

The romanization is tai¹.

The character 梯 contains the radical for 'bamboo' on the left, reflecting that ancient ladders in China were primarily constructed from bamboo.
The word 梯 is a core component of 梯田, which refers to the terraced rice fields carved into hillsides across Southern China.
While 梯 describes the object, if you want to describe the act of 'scaling' or 'climbing' the ladder, you would use the verb 爬 (pa4), which is the same word used for crawling or climbing like an animal.

一個奶仔，喺去奶廠嘅路上，巧合噉行落酒店後面嘅小巷，佢留意到有條梯，通常都係喺度，喺二樓嘅其中一個窗上面升起，窗開得好大，佢望返轉頭，見到有個男人落咗條梯，佢好靜靜哋，好公開噉落嚟，令到個男仔想像到佢喺酒店入面做嘢。
A milk boy, passing on his way to the dairy, happened to walk down the lane which leads from the mews at the back of the hotel. He noticed that a ladder, which usually lay there, was raised against one of the windows of the second floor, which was wide open. After passing, he looked back and saw a man descend the ladder. He came down so quietly and openly that the boy imagined him to be some carpenter or joiner at work in the hotel.
This sentence shows the use of 梯 to describe a physical ladder placed against a window.
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佢用條梯爬上屋頂。
keoi5 jung6 tiu4 tai1 paa4 soeng5 uk1 deng2.
He uses a ladder to climb onto the roof.

Zhiqiang and Jiaxin are cleaning the house.

志強 Chi Keung

嘉欣，把梯喺邊度？
ga1 han1, ba2 tai1 hai2 bin1 dou6?
Jiaxin, where is the ladder?
嘉欣 Ka Yan

喺個儲物房入面。
hai2 go3 cyu5 mat6 fong2 jap6 min6.
It is inside the storage room.
志強 Chi Keung

我需要用把梯換個燈泡。
ngo5 seoi1 jiu3 jung6 ba2 tai1 wun6 go3 dang1 baau3.
I need to use the ladder to change a light bulb.
嘉欣 Ka Yan

好，我而家攞畀你。
hou2, ngo5 ji4 gaa1 laau2 bei2 nei5.
Okay, I will get it for you now.

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