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蹑脚跟

niè jiǎo gēn

3-character word Traditional 躡腳跟

What 蹑脚跟 means

1. to walk cautiously in order not to make noise

The characters in 蹑脚跟

• 蹑nièto walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
• 跟gēnheel; to follow closely; to go with

Sounds the same

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

• 蹑脚根variant of 蹑脚跟