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蹑脚根

niè jiǎo gēn

3-character word Traditional 躡腳根

What 蹑脚根 means

1. variant of {蹑脚跟|niè jiǎo gēn}

The characters in 蹑脚根

• 蹑nièto walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings

Sounds the same

Read niè jiǎo gēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蹑脚跟to walk cautiously in order not to make noise