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  caai2 jaai2   jyutping
  cai3   pinyin
[1] step on; tread; trample; stamp
[2] demean; degrade; belittle; play down
[3] [] peddle; treadle | []
[4] [] [slang] enter; cross into; visit

[1] is variant form for all meanings. is variant form for meaning of "step on".
[2] Jyutping caai2 is literary pronunciation; jaai2 is colloquial.
verb
Stroke count: 15
Level: 3
Radical: (#157)

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

This word has been viewed 9206 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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detail  caai2 gwo3 gaai3   = poach on sb's territory
detail  caai2 coeng4  cai3 chang3 = disturb the peace
detail  caai2 dai1   = trample down
detail  caai2 daan1 ce1   = to ride a bike
detail  caai2 gaai3   = moving in on sb else's territory (lit., "trample the world")
detail  caai2 sin3   = to go from door to door, canvassing by cold-calling, etc.
detail  caai2 syut3 kek6   = to rollerskate
detail  jat1 cam4 baak3 caai2   = "one sinks, one hundred step on" (metaphor: that who loses power gets bullied by everyone)
detail  caai2 co3 goek3   = loses one's footing
detail  caai2 daap6  cai3 ta4 = to trample on
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detail 踩單車身邊飛過
She flew past me on her bike.
[飛過 is a metaphor matched by "flew past".]
detail 如果阿明真係一個超人⋯⋯唔會米田共返嚟屋企重要走廊地板都係死人⋯⋯
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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