TREAD ON    踩踏踐

WALK so as to PRESS DOWN USING ONE'S FEET.
CRUSHFLATTENPRESS DOWNSQUASHTRAMPLE ONTRAMP ONSTAMP ONSTOMP ON
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 ／
Hypernym
  • WALK　MOVE across the FLOOR>ground USING one's LEGS. (anc: 11/0, child: 16)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 132

  • 古代文化詞異集類辨考 Gudai wenhua ci yi ji lei bian kao ( HUANG JINGUI 1995) p. 557

  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 713

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 235

    • Words (20 items)

    履  lǚ OC: riʔ MC: li 20 Attributions

    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 Attributions

    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 Attributions

    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 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)step on the contextually determinate N
    • vtoNtrample; tread on
    踏去  tà qù OC: daab khas MC: dɑp khi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt(oN)resultativetread on so as to remove
    踖  jí MC: dzjek  OC: sɡaɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNtread on, step onCH
    躐  liè OC: rab MC: liɛp 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNtread on; trample
    鰌  qiú MC: dzjuw OC: sɡlu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNstep onCH
    踏殺  tà shā OC: thuub sreed MC: thəp ʂɣɛt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativetread on and kill > trample to death
    履踐  lǚ jiàn OC: riʔ dzenʔ MC: li dziɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiacttread on, walk along
    踐踏  jiàn tà OC: dzenʔ thuub MC: dziɛn thəp 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNtread on, trample on
    投  tóu MC: duw OC: doo 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNtread on and follow (footsteps)CH
    踏卻  tà què OC: daab khaɡ MC: dɑp khi̯ɐk 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativetread on so as to remove (spittle on the ground)
    蹂  róu OC: mlju MC: ȵɨu 0 Attributions

    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 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNtread on
    躡  niè OC: mɢleb MC: ɳiɛp 0 Attributions

    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 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNLIJI 1.24f: step on (as a mat, when finding one's own place)