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蹑

niè

Character Traditional 躡

What 蹑 means

1. to walk on tiptoe
2. to walk quietly
3. to tread (on)
4. to follow

Example sentences

• 汤姆悄悄地打开了门，蹑手蹑脚地走进了房间。
  Tom quietly opened the door and tiptoed into the room.

Words starting with 蹑

• 蹑手蹑脚niè shǒu niè jiǎoto walk quietly on tiptoe (idiom)
• 蹑履niè lǚto wear shoes
• 蹑机niè jīsilk loom with a foot peddle
• 蹑登niè dēngto go up
• 蹑脚niè jiǎoto walk cautiously in order not to make noise
• 蹑足niè zúto walk on tiptoe; to step on sb's foot; to join (a trade, profession etc)
• 蹑跟niè gēntoo large or small for the feet (of shoes)
• 蹑迹niè jìto follow sb's tracks; to tail
• 蹑踪niè zōngto follow along behind sb (formal writing)
• 蹑悄悄niè qiāo qiāosoftly; quietly
• 蹑脚跟niè jiǎo gēnto walk cautiously in order not to make noise
• 蹑着脚niè zhe jiǎoto tiptoe
• 蹑蹀niè diéto walk with mincing steps
• 蹑脚根niè jiǎo gēnvariant of 蹑脚跟

Words containing 蹑

• 追蹑zhuī nièto follow the trail of; to track; to trace
• 阔蹑kuò nièto stride (formal writing)

Characters built on 聂

These share the phonetic component 聂 (niè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 镊niè(bound form) tweezers; to use tweezers…
• 颞nièbones of the temple (on the human head); see 颞颥, temple
• 嗫nièmove the mouth as in speaking

Characters that look like 蹑

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

• 蹊qīused in 蹊跷; Taiwan pr. xī
• 踵zhǒngto arrive; to follow; heel
• 臊sàoshame; bashfulness; to shame
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 馥fùfragrance; scent; aroma
• 璞púunpolished gem

Sounds the same

Read niè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涅(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye); (literary) to dye black
• 孽son born of a concubine; disaster; sin
• 聂to whisper
• 镊(bound form) tweezers; to use tweezers…
• 镍nickel (chemistry)
• 啮to gnaw; to erode
• 颞bones of the temple (on the human head); see 颞颥, temple
• 嗫move the mouth as in speaking
• 臬guidepost; rule; standard
• 蘖new shoot growing from cut branch or stump
• 摰to seize with the hand; to grasp; to advance
• 陧dangerous