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蹬
dēng
蹬 (dēng) means "to step on; to tread on; to wear (shoes)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.
What 蹬 means
- to step on; to tread on
- to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc)
- slangto dump (sb)
- Taiwan pr. dèng
Other readings
Words starting with 蹬
- 蹬子dēng zipedal
- 蹬脚dēng jiǎoto stamp one's foot; to kick
- 蹬腿dēng tuǐto kick one's legs; leg press (exercise); (colloquial) to kick the bucket
- 蹬鼻子上脸dēng bí zi shàng liǎnlit. to climb all over sb; fig. to take advantage of sb's weakness
Words containing 蹬
Characters built on 登
These share the phonetic component 登 (dēng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 澄chéngclear; limpid; to clarify
- 橙chéngorange tree; orange (color)
- 瞪dèngto open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
- 凳dèngbench; stool
- 镫dèngstirrup
- 噔dēng(onomatopoeia) thud; thump
- 磴dèngcliff-ledge; stone step
- 嶝dèngpath leading up a mountain
Characters that look like 蹬
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 曦xī(literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)
- 鞭biānwhip or lash; to flog; to whip
- 躁zàoimpatient; hot-tempered
- 鞣róusuede; chamois; tannin
- 蹴cùcarefully; to kick; to tread on
- 蹶juéto stumble; to trample; to kick (of horse)
Sounds the same
Read dēng, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 灯lamp; light; lantern
- 登to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount
- 噔(onomatopoeia) thud; thump
- 豋ceremonial vessel
- 簦large umbrella for stalls; an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat
Where 蹬 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dēng–dǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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- Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dēng correctly.
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