腳踏板

简 脚踏板 · 繁 腳踏板
Mandarin · pinyin jiǎo tà bǎn

Meanings

  1. pedal
  2. treadle
  3. (motor scooter) floorboard
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Characters in this entry

腳
jiǎo · foot; base, leg, foundation
踏
tà · step on, trample, tread on, walk
板
bǎn · plank, board; iron or tin plate
脚
jiǎo · leg, foot; base, leg, foundation
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Mandarin tones

3–4–3 · jiao3 ta4 ban3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

goek3 daap6 baan2

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noun

  1. treadle (of a sewing machine, etc.)

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