Chinese Word Detail

Remove Adverts
What is this page showing me?

墊脚石

din3 goek3 sek6

dian4 jiao3 shi2

stepping stones, stones placed at intervals for people to walk on, for example across a stream or garden lawn. (Note: this is the Mandarin equivalent of 踏腳石)

Level: 3
This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

墊脚石 / 垫脚石

This word was added by Kobo-Daishi on 28th Sep 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

Sponsors: One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Classic Games | Learn Chinese
Spanish Language | Satellite TV offers | Studying in China

墊 zin3 din3 din6 dian4 - pad; cushion; advance money
脚 goek3 gok3 jiao3 jue2 - leg; foot; base; leg; foundation
石 sek6 shi2 {dan4} - stone; rock; mineral

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/28277/]墊脚石[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/28277/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">墊脚石</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 墊脚石

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the word in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).

the meaning of the word, typed in by our volunteer editors
guidelines on whether the word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese etc (if nothing is present the word may be used in both Cantonese and Mandarin)
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font
a list of each of the characters for the word, showing jyutping and meaning (if our dictionary contains that character)

this thread