TREAD ON  踩踏踐

WALK so as to PRESS DOWN USING ONE'S FEET.
CRUSHFLATTENPRESS DOWNSQUASHTRAMPLE ONTRAMP ONSTAMP ONSTOMP ON
Hypernym
  • WALKMOVE across the FLOOR>ground USING one's LEGS.
    • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
      • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2.
        • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most current general word for treading on something is jiàn 踐.

2. Dào 蹈 refers specifically to stepping on something with deliberate force or as the result of special courage.

3. Tà 踏 refers to a quick and light stepping on something.

4. Lu# 履 refers to stepping on something in order to walk over it.

5. Niè 躡 refers to stepping or even trampling on something and typically focusses on this having an ulterior purpose and being very deliberate.

6. Róu 蹂 and lì3n 躪 refer to treading on something in an unreglemented and inappropriate way, and the two words are often used together.

7. Cù 蹴 seems to refer to demonstratively trampling on something.

Modern Chinese Criteria
踩

踏

登

踐

蹴

踹

蹈

踐踏

蹂躪 ro2uli4n

下腳

跺腳 is to stamp on

跌足

頓足

跳腳

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

Words

履  lǚ OC: riʔ MC: li 20 AttributionsWD

Lǚ 履 refers to stepping on something in order to walk over it.

    Word relations
  • Synon: 蹈/TREAD ON Dào 蹈 refers specifically to stepping on something with deliberate force or as the result of special courage.
  • Oppos: 戴/WEAR Dài 戴 refers to wearing something on one's head.

    Syntactic words
  • vt(oN)tread on the contextually determinate NCH
  • vt[oN]tread on thingsCH
  • vtoNwalk on, use as one's walking surface tread on; step on (so as to hold down)
榻  tà OC: thaab MC: thɑp
踏  tà OC: thuub MC: thəp 16 AttributionsWD

Tà 踏 refers to a quick and light stepping on something.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNstep on with force; kick
  • vtoNfigurativetread on, step on (with abstract objects)
踐  jiàn OC: dzenʔ MC: dziɛn 13 AttributionsWD

The most current general word for treading on something is jiàn 踐.

    Syntactic words
  • vadNtrampled
  • vt(oN)omstep on, set foot on (with omitted object)
  • vtoNtread on; step on deliberately; HF: come to step on (as someone else's toe or LIJI 1.27 on a threshold); step on (so as to ruin or make ineffective)
  • vtoNpassiveget trodden on
蹈  dào OC: ɡ-luus MC: dɑu 11 AttributionsWD

Dào 蹈 refers specifically to stepping on something with deliberate force or as the result of special courage.

    Word relations
  • Synon: 履/TREAD ON Lǚ 履 refers to stepping on something in order to walk over it.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNtreat on
  • vtoNfigurativetread on (abstract object "Goodness")
  • vtoNintensitivehave the audacity to tread on; stamp on energetically (for example on a bow in order to fit a string);
踏  tà OC: daab MC: dɑp 3 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vt(oN)step on the contextually determinate N
  • vtoNtrample; tread on
躐  liè OC: rab MC: liɛp 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNtread on; trample
履踐  lǚ jiàn OC: riʔ dzenʔ MC: li dziɛn 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPiacttread on, walk along
踐踏  jiàn tà OC: dzenʔ thuub MC: dziɛn thəp 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNtread on, trample on
踏殺  tà shā OC: thuub sreed MC: thəp ʂɣɛt 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNresultativetread on and kill > trample to death
踏去  tà qù OC: daab khas MC: dɑp khi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPt(oN)resultativetread on so as to remove
踖  jí MC: dzjek  OC: sɡaɡ CH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNtread on, step onCH
投  tóu MC: duw OC: dooCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNtread on and follow (footsteps)CH
鰌  qiú MC: dzjuw OC: sɡluCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNstep onCH
蹂  róu OC: mlju MC: ȵɨu 0 AttributionsWD

Róu 蹂 and lì3n 躪 refer to treading on something in an unreglemented and inappropriate way, and the two words are often used together.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNstep on (so as to encroach on another's territory)
蹴  cù OC: tshuɡ MC: tshuk 0 AttributionsWD

Cù 蹴 seems to refer to demonstratively trampling on something.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNMENG: trample or step on something demonstratively
躔  chán OC: dan MC: ɖiɛn 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNtread on
躡  niè OC: mɢleb MC: ɳiɛp 0 AttributionsWD

Niè 躡 refers to stepping or even trampling on something and typically focusses on this having an ulterior purpose and being very deliberate.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNtrample on or step on with a purpose (to rise on their backs)
躪  lìn OC: rins MC: lin 0 AttributionsWD

Róu 蹂 and lì3n 躪 refer to treading on something in an unreglemented and inappropriate way, and the two words are often used together.

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNstep on violently (and thereby quash)
踖踖  jí jí OC: sɡaɡ sɡaɡ MC: dziɛk dziɛk 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNLIJI 1.24f: step on (as a mat, when finding one's own place)
踏卻  tà què OC: daab khaɡ MC: dɑp khi̯ɐk 0 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNresultativetread on so as to remove (spittle on the ground)

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