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to walk; to go on foot / to leave; to depart / (informal) to clear off; to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腳* | 腳* | *腳
foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只 / classifier for kicks
HSK 2
pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頓* | 頓* | *頓
to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
HSK 3
square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
HSK 4
to go on foot / to walk
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *登* | 登* | *登
to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *尺* | 尺* | *尺
a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL: ,
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *足* | 足* | *足
(bound form) foot; leg / sufficient; ample / as much as; fully
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *撥* | 撥* | *撥
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch
HSK 7-9
hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:)
HSK 7-9
foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn
HSK 7-9
all over / from head to foot
HSK 7-9
to be on foot
HSK 7-9
to set foot on / to step on or into
HSK 7-9
the extremity of the foot
to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum) / (theater) a system where two actors take turns in acting the main role, with one actor replacing the other if either is unavailable
moisture / humidity / athlete's foot / tinea / eczema
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掌* | 掌* | *掌
palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield
arch of the foot
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徒* | 徒* | *徒
disciple; apprentice; believer / on foot / bare; empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹲* | 蹲* | *蹲
(dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爪* | 爪* | *爪
foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *爪* | 爪* | *爪
(coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc
approaching one's end / with one foot in the grave
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *呎* | 呎* | *呎
foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m) / old form of modern 英尺
under the foot
infantry / foot / infantryman / foot soldier
heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension")
the sole of the foot
foot of a mountain
to set foot in / to tread (in or on) / to walk into
one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking)
foot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
the sole of the foot
lit. not putting a foot outside / to stay at home
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *疋* | 疋* | *疋
foot
to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc) / to fiddle with / to stir up
from head to foot
to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill
foot massage
foot of a wall
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
(coll.) going on foot
(four-footed) animal / beast
athlete's foot; tinea pedis / beriberi
instep (upper surface of the foot)
to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature / to give the game away
to move a stone and stub one's toe / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹺* | 蹺* | *蹺
to raise one's foot / to stand on tiptoe / stilts
instep (upper surface of the foot)
to have a foot in both camps / to have a bet each way / to be having an affair
lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave
one's late days / to have one foot in the grave
foot-binding / long strip of cloth used for foot-binding
to stamp one's foot / to kick
(literary) a one-foot-long piece of white silk, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message
bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained
athlete's foot
athlete's foot
(coll.) foot
athlete's foot
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跐* | 跐* | *跐
to trample / to step / to walk on the ball of the foot
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *麓* | 麓* | *麓
foot of a hill
swift feet / fleet-footed runner
to go on foot (idiom) / to do things at a leisurely pace
to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹠* | 蹠* | *蹠
metatarsus / (literary) sole of the foot / (literary) to tread on
(literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message
foot bath
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *彳* | 彳* | *彳
step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍
(historical) bound foot (esp. one only three inches long, considered the ideal size of a woman's foot)
corn (callus on the foot)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *攧* | 攧* | *攧
to fall / to stamp (one's foot) / to toss / to throw
lit. the person from Zheng 鄭|郑 who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom) / fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea
doing as one pleases (idiom); foot-loose and fancy free
to scout for a tour operator / to reconnoiter a potential tour itinerary / (tennis) to commit a foot fault
paws (of small animal) / foot of a utensil / stupid person
Manchurian foot soldier
foot-binding
geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹀* | 蹀* | *蹀
to tread on / to stamp one's foot
you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跂* | 跂* | *跂
foot
to walk on tiptoe / to step on sb's foot / to join (a trade, profession etc) / to associate with (a certain group of people)
the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *陬* | 陬* | *陬
corner / foot of mountain
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *亍* | 亍* | *亍
to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍)
pawn (i.e. foot soldier) / servant / lackey (of malefactor)
lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe / an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)
(of a shoe) designed to be worn on a specific foot – either the left or the right
bare foot / to be barefoot
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腄* | 腄* | *腄
callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks
to hurt oneself by one's own doing / to boomerang / to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *膇* | 膇* | *膇
swelling of foot
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹻* | 蹻* | *蹻
variant of 蹺|跷 / to raise one's foot / stilts
to set foot on (a foreign land etc); to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere)
to stamp one's foot (in anger)

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