HSK 6 · Adjectives

踏实 tāshi “down-to-earth” in Chinese

Traditional 踏實

What 踏实 means

  1. down-to-earth
  2. steady
  3. at ease
  4. firmly-based
  5. steadfast
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to have peace of mind
  • free from anxiety

How to say 踏实

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale踏tā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own实shineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

踏实 in a sentence

  1. 他工作很踏实。

    Tā gōngzuò hěn tāshi.

    He’s a steady, reliable worker.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 考完试，心里终于踏实了。

    Kǎowán shì, xīnli zhōngyú tāshi le.

    Once the exam was over, I could finally relax.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 踏实 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 踏 (tà) with each of its parts in a different colour
踏tāto tread
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 沓connected · dáSound part

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

The character 实 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
实shireal
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 头head · tóu

Memory aidSimplified from 實, a house 宀 full of strings of coins: solid, real.

How to write 踏实

踏 15 strokes · 实 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 踏实

Words with 踏

践踏jiàntà · to trample

Words with 实

其实qíshí · actually诚实chéngshí · honest实际shíjì · actual确实quèshí · indeed实在shízài · really实际上shíjìshàng · in fact果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)实话shíhuà · truth实现shíxiàn · to achieve结实jiēshi · sturdy

More words: Adjectives

私自sīzì · privately随意suíyì · as one likes坦白tǎnbái · frank贪婪tānlán · greedy特定tèdìng · specific天生tiānshēng · innate挑剔tiāoti · fussy体面tǐmiàn · respectable

FAQs

踏实 (tāshi) means “down-to-earth” or “steady”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tāshi: tā with a 1st tone, then shi with a neutral 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, 踏实 is written 踏實. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tashi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 踏实 from the suggestions. Typing tashi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
踏实 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.