| 社会等级 | shè huì děng jí | social rank; class; caste | 
| 社 | shè | (bound form) society; organization; agency / (old) god of the land | 
| 社会 | shè huì | society / CL:个 | 
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) | 
| 会 | kuài | (bound form) to reckon accounts | 
| 等 | děng | to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) | 
| 等级 | děng jí | grade / rank / status | 
| 级 | jí | level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:个 / classifier: step, level |