蹬 (dēng): to step on, to tread on, to put on, to wear (shoes, trousers etc), (slang) to dump (sb)
蹬 (dēng) is a Chinese character meaning “to step on.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 足 (semantic) and 登 (phonetic). It ranks #2885 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 蹬 foot. Its radical form 足 (foot) appears in many related characters such as 跑 (pǎo, to run), 跟 (gēn, follow, heel), 路 (lù, road).
Definitions
- to step on
- to tread on
- to put on
- to wear (shoes, trousers etc)
- (slang) to dump (sb)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蹬腿 | dēng tuǐ | to kick one's legs |
| 蹬鼻子上脸phrase | dēng bí zi shàng liǎn | lit. to climb all over sb |
| 蹬子 | dēng zi | pedal |
| 蹬脚verb | dēng jiǎo | to stamp one's foot |
| 脚蹬noun | jiǎo dēng | pedal |
| 蹭蹬verb | cèng dèng | (literary) to encounter setbacks |
蹬 appears in 6 compound words: 67 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 蹬 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
老师教我们蹬字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men dēng zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "蹬."
若自己坠入 尽量用脚蹬住侧壁,手扣住侧壁缝隙,使身体不再下沉,然后高声呼救。
ruò zì jǐ zhuì rù jǐn liàng yòng jiǎo dēng zhù cè bì , shǒu kòu zhù cè bì féng xì , shǐ shēn tǐ bù zài xià chén , rán hòu gāo shēng hū jiù .
If you fall in, try to brace yourself against the side wall with your feet and grip the crevices in the wall with your hands to stop yourself from sinking further, then shout for help.
三声倒计时结束,赵一程手抓岩点,脚蹬岩壁,快速掠过。
sān shēng dǎo jì shí jié shù , zhào yī chéng shǒu zhuā yán diǎn , jiǎo dēng yán bì , kuài sù lüè guò .
As the three-second countdown ended, Zhao Yicheng gripped the rock holds with his hands, pushed off the rock face with his feet, and swiftly glided past.
男主木生在泰国蹬三轮苦钱,攒一点钱就寄家去,伴随着家用的自然还有一封封书信。
nán zhǔ mù shēng zài tài guó dēng sān lún kǔ qián , cuán yī diǎn qián jiù jì jiā qù , bàn suí zhe jiā yòng de zì rán hái yǒu yī fēng fēng shū xìn .
The male protagonist, Mu Sheng, earned a meager living pedaling a rickshaw in Thailand, sending whatever money he managed to save back home—and along with his remittances, of course, came letter after letter.
单脚连续空翻、两步蹬墙后空翻等动作全是全球首发,街舞圈看了都得直呼祖师爷赏饭吃。
dān jiǎo lián xù kōng fān , liǎng bù dēng qiáng hòu kōng fān děng dòng zuò quán shì quán qiú shǒu fā , jiē wǔ juān kàn le dōu dé zhí hū zǔ shī yé shǎng fàn chī .
Moves like the one-legged consecutive somersault and the two-step wall-push backflip were all world premieres—even the street dance community couldn’t help but exclaim that the godfathers of the art had blessed them.
中新网 三亚4月24日电(记者 王子谦)田径比赛,讲究腿部蹬踏地面发力。
zhōng xīn wǎng sān yà 4 yuè 2 4 rì diàn ( jì zhě wáng zǐ qiān ) tián jìng bǐ sài , jiǎng jiū tuǐ bù dēng tà dì miàn fā lì .
China News Network, Sanya, April 24 (Reporter Wang Zhiqian) In track and field events, the key is to push off the ground with the legs to generate power.
Character Family
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