niè jiǎo

Traditional: 躡腳

蹑脚 (niè jiǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “to walk cautiously in order not to make noise”.

Meanings

  1. 1to walk cautiously in order not to make noise

Characters in 蹑脚

蹑niè · to walk on tiptoe脚jiǎo · foot

Related words

脚foot脚role (variant of 角[jue2])脚趾toe手脚hand and foot脚踝ankle脚下under the foot脚步footstep脚印footprint蹩脚inferior大脚naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3])指手画脚to gesticulate while talking (idiom)脚趾头toe

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