踩 (caai2 jaai2 | cai3 ) : step on; demean; peddle

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踩

caai2 jaai2

cai3

[1] step on; tread; trample; stamp
[2] demean; degrade; belittle; play down
[3] [粵] peddle; treadle | [國] 蹬
[4] [粵] [slang] enter; cross into; visit

[1] 跴 is variant form for all meanings. 踹 is variant form for meaning of "step on".
[2] Jyutping caai2 is literary pronunciation; jaai2 is colloquial.

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: (#157)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

踩

This word has been viewed 5170 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Jan 2010 04:22

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踩過界 caai2 gwo3 gaai3 = poach on sb's territory

踩場 caai2 coeng4 cai3 chang3 = disturb the peace 粵

踩低 caai2 dai1 = trample down

踩單車 caai2 daan1 ce1 = to ride a bike 粵

踩界 caai2 gaai3 = moving in on sb else's territory (lit., "trample the world")

踩線 caai2 sin3 = to go from door to door, canvassing by cold-calling, etc.

踩雪屐 caai2 syut3 kek6 = to rollerskate 粵

一沉百踩 jat1 cam4 baak3 caai2 = "one sinks, one hundred step on" (metaphor: that who loses power gets bullied by everyone)

踩錯腳 caai2 co3 goek3 = loses one's footing 粵

踩踏 caai2 daap6 cai3 ta4 = to trample on
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Showing all 2 examples containing 踩

佢踩單車喺我身邊飛過。粵
She flew past me on her bike.
[飛過 is a metaphor matched by "flew past".]

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

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Unicode code for this character: U+8e29 (off-site link)

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