dēng

to step on; to tread on

to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc); (slang) to dump (sb); Taiwan pr. [deng4]

foot (足) + sound: dēng (登) = to step on or tread

足 anchors the meaning: this is an action done with the foot, like stepping into shoes or pressing down on a pedal. 登 mainly contributes the dēng sound and does not add semantic weight here.

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他用力了一下踏板,自行车跑得很快。

tā yòng lì dēng le yī xià tà bǎn,zì xíng chē pǎo de hěn kuài。

he stepped hard on the pedal once, and the bicycle went very fast.

她早上起来上鞋就出门了。

tā zǎo shang qǐ lái dēng shàng xié jiù chū mén le。

she got up in the morning, put on her shoes, and went out the door.

Words with 蹬

马蹬

mǎ dèng

erroneous variant of 馬鐙|马镫[ma3 deng4]

脚蹬

jiǎo dēng

pedal

蹬子

dēng zi

pedal

蹬脚

dēng jiǎo

to stamp one's foot

蹬腿

dēng tuǐ

to kick one's legs

蹬鼻子上脸

dēng bí zi shàng liǎn

lit. to climb all over sb

蹭蹬

cèng dèng

(literary) to encounter setbacks; to have bad luck

More characters with 足