HSK 6 · Verbs

践踏 jiàntà “to trample” in Chinese

Traditional 踐踏

What 践踏 means

  1. to trample
  2. to tread on

How to say 践踏

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale践jiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale踏tà4th tone, falling

践踏 in a sentence

  1. 不要践踏草地。

    Búyào jiàntà cǎodì.

    Don’t trample on the grass.

    Sentence #395073 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 他愤怒地践踏水坑，弄得泥水四溅。

    Tā fènnù de jiàntà shuǐkēng, nòng de níshuǐ sìjiàn.

    Angrily, he stomped on the puddle, splashing mud everywhere.

    Sentence #13153667 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 农夫警告孩子们不要践踏新栽种的作物。

    Nóngfū jǐnggào háizimen búyào jiàntà xīn zāizhòng de zuòwù.

    The farmer warned the children not to trample the newly planted crops.

    Sentence #13153663 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 践踏 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 践 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
践jiànto fulfil
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 戋small · jiānSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 戋 (jiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiàn.

The character 踏 (tà) with each of its parts in a different colour
踏tàto tread
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 沓connected · dáSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 沓 (dá) hints at the sound. Compare it with tà.

How to write 践踏

践 12 strokes · 踏 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

践踏 (jiàntà) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 践踏 (jiàntà). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 践踏

Words with 践

实践shíjiàn · practice

Words with 踏

踏实tāshi · down-to-earth

More words: Common Verbs

将就jiāngjiu · to make do降临jiànglín · to arrive简化jiǎnhuà · to simplify监视jiānshì · to monitor检验jiǎnyàn · to inspect交叉jiāochā · to cross夹杂jiāzá · to be mixed with继承jìchéng · to inherit

FAQs

践踏 (jiàntà) means “to trample” or “to tread on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiàntà: jiàn with a 4th tone, then tà with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 践踏 is written 踐踏. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianta with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 践踏 from the suggestions. Typing jianta into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
践踏 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.