- 无产阶级 wúchǎnjiējí proletariatthe proletariat
- 资产阶级 zīchǎnjiējí bourgeoisiethe capitalist class; the social class that owns the means of production in a capitalist society
- 阶级斗争 jiējídòuzhēng class struggle
- 工人阶级 gōngrénjiējí working class
- 中产阶级 zhōngchǎnjiējí middle class
- 剥削阶级 bōxuējiējí exploiting classexploiting class (in Marxist theory)
- 小资产阶级 xiǎozīchǎnjiējí petty bourgeoisiethe petty bourgeoisie; the petite bourgeoisie
- 资产阶级右派 zīchǎnjiējíyòupài bourgeois rightistsbourgeois rightist faction (especially during the Anti-Rightist Movement of 1957-58)
- 资产阶级革命 zīchǎnjiējígémìng bourgeois revolutionbourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
- 农民阶级 nóngmínjiējí peasantrythe peasant class, especially in the context of Marxist theory
- 阶级式 jiējíshì hierarchical
- 阶级成分 jiējíchéngfèn class statusOne's social class background or identity as categorized in Marxist theory, particularly the classifications used during the Cultural Revolution.
- 地主阶级 dìzhǔjiējí landlord classthe landlord class
