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踏

tà

HSK 6 Character

What 踏 means

1. to tread
2. to stamp
3. to step on
4. to press a pedal
5. to investigate on the spot

Other readings

踏 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• tāsee {踏实|tā shi}

Example sentences

• 不要践踏草地。
  Bù yào jiàntà cǎodì.
  Don't trample on the grass.
• 他骑脚踏车去。
  He went by bicycle.
• 我没有脚踏车。
  I don't have a bicycle.
• 这是我的脚踏车。
  It's my bicycle.
• 他踏进了我的空间。
  Tā tàjìn le wǒ de kōngjiān.
  He stepped into my space.
• 肯想要一辆脚踏车。
  Ken wants a bicycle.

Words starting with 踏

• 踏实tā shifirmly-based; steady; steadfast
• 踏上tà shàngto set foot on; to step on or into
• 踏进tà jìnto set foot in; to tread (in or on); to walk into
• 踏踏实实tā tā shí shísteady; steadfast
• 踏板tà bǎnpedal (in a car, on a piano etc); treadle; footstool
• 踏步tà bùstride; to step (on the spot); to mark time
• 踏青tà qīnglit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green)…
• 踏雪tà xuěto go for a walk in the snow
• 踏垫tà diànfloor mat; bathroom mat; car mat; doormat
• 踏春tà chūnto go for a hike in spring
• 踏月tà yuèto go for a walk in the moonlight
• 踏查tà cháto investigate on the spot
• 踏歌tà gēto sing and dance; general term for a round dance
• 踏看tà kànto investigate on the spot
• 踏空tà kōngto miss one's step; (of an investor) to fail to invest before the price rises
• 踏袭tà xíto follow blindly
• 踏访tà fǎngto visit (a place)
• 踏足tà zúto set foot on (a foreign land etc); to tread; (fig.) to enter (a new sphere)
• 踏车tà chētreadwheel; treadmill
• 踏板车tà bǎn chēscooter
• 踏雪板tà xuě bǎnsnowshoe
• 踏步不前tà bù bù qiánto be at a standstill; to mark time
• 踏破铁鞋tà pò tiě xié(lit.) to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom); (fig.) to search high and low
• 踏雪寻梅tà xuě xún méito walk in the snow to view the flowering plum

Words containing 踏

• 践踏jiàn tàto trample
• 脚踏jiǎo tàpedal
• 脚踏实地jiǎo tà shí dìto have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom)…
• 脚踏车jiǎo tà chē(Taiwan) bicycle; bike
• 大踏步dà tà bùin big strides; (fig.) in giant steps
• 挤踏jǐ tàstampede
• 机踏车jī tà chēmotorcycle (Tw); abbr. for 机器脚踏车
• 脚踏板jiǎo tà bǎnpedal; treadle; (motor scooter) floorboard
• 制动踏板zhì dòng tà bǎnbrake pedal
• 加速踏板jiā sù tà bǎnaccelerator pedal
• 原地踏步yuán dì tà bùto mark time (military); to make no headway
• 弱音踏板ruò yīn tà bǎnsoft pedal (on piano); una corda pedal
• 强音踏板qiáng yīn tà bǎnloud pedal (on piano); sustaining pedal
• 节流踏板jié liú tà bǎnthrottle pedal; accelerator
• 机器脚踏车jī qì jiǎo tà chē(dialect) motorcycle; abbr. to 机车
• 脚踏两条船jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuánlit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom); fig. to have it both ways…
• 脚踏两只船jiǎo tà liǎng zhī chuánto have a foot in both camps; to have a bet each way; to be having an affair
• 踢踏舞tī tà wǔtap dance
• 踩踏cǎi tàto trample on
• 脚踏钹jiǎo tà bóhi-hat (drum kit component)
• 步斗踏罡bù dǒu tà gāngto worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
• 步罡踏斗bù gāng tà dǒuto worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
• 糟踏zāo tàvariant of 糟蹋
• 死心踏地sǐ xīn tà dìsee 死心塌地

Characters that look like 踏

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 播bō(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc)…
• 赠zèngto give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
• 踢tīto kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
• 酶méienzyme; ferment
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 缰jiāngbridle; reins; halter

Sounds the same

Read tà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蹋to step on
• 榻couch
• 拓to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)
• 挞(bound form) to whip; to flog; (loanword) (pastry) tart (colloquial pr. tǎ)
• 沓again and again; many
• 嗒used in 嗒然
• 闼door of an inner room
• 遝abundant; mixed
• 嚃(literary) to drink; to swallow
• 搨to make a rubbing
• 毾a coarse, woollen serge
• 譶to talk fast