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躡

简蹑 · 繁躡

Mandarin · pinyin niè

to walk on tiptoe
to walk quietly
to tread (on)
to follow

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蹑: niè · tread, step on; follow, track

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Cantonese word readings for 躡. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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to walk on tiptoe; to lighten one's steps
to follow
(literary) to tread; to trample; to step on
(literary) to put on (shoes)

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