踏 (tà) means Step on (treads). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他做事很 踏 实。
Tā zuòshì hěn tāshi.
He is very solid and steady in his work.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 踏实
请不要践 踏 草坪。
Qǐng bú yào jiàntà cǎopíng.
Please do not trample on the lawn.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 践踏
他工作作风非常 踏 实。
Tā gōngzuò zuòfēng fēicháng tāshi.
His working style is thoroughly down-to-earth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 作风
事情办完了，我心里才 踏 实。
Shìqing bàn wán le, wǒ xīn lǐ cái tāshi.
Only once it was done did I feel at ease.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 踏实
任何人都不能践 踏 他人的尊严。
Rènhé rén dōu bù néng jiàntà tārén de zūnyán.
Nobody may trample on another person's dignity.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 践踏
他的想法有点漂浮，不够 踏 实。
Tā de xiǎngfǎ yǒudiǎn piāofú, bú gòu tāshi.
His ideas are a little airy and not grounded enough.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 漂浮
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Words that contain 踏
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Questions about 踏
How is 踏 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 踏 (tà, "Step on (treads)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 踏 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 踏 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 踏?
The dictionary page for 踏 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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