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踩
cǎi
1. to step on
2. to tread
3. to stamp
4. to press a pedal
5. to pedal (a bike)
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 15 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

踩
cǎi
to step on; to stamp
HSK 5 15 丶

Compound Words (10)

踩水
cǎishuǐ
to tread water
踩线
cǎixiàn
step on the line
踩踏
cǎità
to trample on
踩道
cǎidào
to scout
踩动
cǎidòng
to operate by means of a pedal
踩高跷
cǎigāoqiāo
to walk on stilts
踩刹车
cǎishāchē
to step on the brake
扒高踩低
págāocǎidī
crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors
往泥里踩
wǎngnìlǐcǎi
to belittle
脚踩两只船
jiǎocǎiliǎngzhīchuán
see [[腳踏兩隻船|脚踏两只船<jiǎotàliǎngzhīchuán>]]

Alternate Entries

踩
cǎi
variant of [[踩<cǎi>]]
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,569
Word Frequency Rank
2,804 of 84,292

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