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Mandarin pronunciation:  pin1yin1 | pīn​yīn​ | ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
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athletic shoes
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鞋* | 鞋* | *鞋
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *帮* | 帮* | *帮
to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
leather shoes
HSK 5
(dialect) sports shoes; sneakers (originally Cantonese: is borrowed from English "ball", Jyutping [bo1])
dance shoes
high-heeled shoes
HSK 5
fitting one's feet (of shoes or socks)
large-sized (of clothes, shoes) / (old) to give an order / (old) to quit one's job in a store
shoe that can be worn on either foot
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc) / (may also refer to other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc)
backstrap (of a shoe)
a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) / (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)
canvas shoes
rubber overshoes; galoshes / rubber shoes or boots (with rubber soles or made entirely of rubber)
dress shoes
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹬* | 蹬* | *蹬
to step on; to tread on / to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc) / (slang) to dump (sb) / Taiwan pr. [deng4]
HSK 7-9
to put oneself in sb else’s shoes
leather shoe stuffed with Carex meyeriana 烏拉草|乌拉草, worn in northeastern China during winter
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *襻* | 襻* | *襻
button loop / sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc) / to tie together; to stitch together
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")
mid-top (shoes)
cloth shoes / CL: 雙|双, 隻|只
leisure shoes
to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed) / impractical or inelegant solution
lit. to view as worn-out shoes (idiom) / fig. to consider to be worthless
unpadded shoes
caterpillar track (propulsion system used on bulldozers etc) / (literary) shoes and belt
shoe
to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
shoes and socks
loafer shoes (loanword)
low-top (shoes)
platform shoes
to have one's life made difficult by sb (usu. by sb in a position of authority) (lit. to be made to wear tight shoes)
HSK 7-9
cushioning shoe
(slang) sky-high heels; ultra-high-heeled shoes
lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom) / fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
skating shoes / ice skates / roller skates / roller blades
cheek / upper (of a shoe)
to wear (one's shoes) like babouche slippers / (onom.) shuffling sound
lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom) / fig. to search high and low
beach shoes / wetsuit booties
broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut
lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe / an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)
outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe)
overshoe; shoe cover
(architecture) clear height; vertical clearance (from the floor to the lowest hanging object, such as a beam, pipe or ceiling) / (coll.) a person's height measured without shoes; actual height
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绱* | 绱* | *绱
to sole a shoe
embroidered shoes
Crocs shoes (or any similar shoe)
to throw away like worn out shoes
toe box (of a shoe) / shoe last (shoemaker's tool)
skate shoes
patent leather shoes
(of a shoe) designed to be worn on a specific foot – either the left or the right
to put oneself in sb else's shoes
heel (of a shoe)
sports shoes; sneakers
to sole a shoe; to stitch the sole to the upper
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *履* | 履* | *履
shoe / to tread on
outer (of cabbage etc) / upper (of a shoe) / (coll.) group / gang
to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *靸* | 靸* | *靸
children's shoe (old) / to wear one's shoes babouche style
lit. shoes and slippers muddled together (idiom); fig. many guests come and go / a lively party
Heelys (roller shoes with wheels protruding slightly from the heel)
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
leather (shoes) / fig. Western dress
uppers of a shoe
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *屧* | 屧* | *屧
wooden shoes
to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water
clothes and shoes
Crocs shoes (or any similar shoe)
cloth shoes / slippers
stud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)
shoe tree / hat block
too large or small for the feet (of shoes)
lit. to move the shoes on the shoe tree (idiom) / fig. to expose shameful secrets (old)
running shoes
sole (of a shoe)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *樏* | 樏* | *樏
mountain-climbing shoes
worn-out shoes / a worthless thing
insole / shoe insert
shoe that can be worn on either foot
to take off one's shoes
shoe polish
mule shoes (loanword)
a left-and-right pair of shoes (distinguished from 直腳鞋|直脚鞋, shoes that can be worn on either foot)
cotton-padded shoes / (old) shoes made of woven grass, padded with feathers
shoe polish
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *舄* | 舄* | *舄
shoe / slipper
high-top (shoes) / ankle-high shoes
skate shoes
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纳* | 纳* | *纳
to receive / to accept / to enjoy / to bring into / to pay (tax etc) / nano- (one billionth) / to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing
to wear shoes
open-toed shoe / peep-toe
(ballet) pointe shoe
to consider sb else's position / to put oneself in sb else's shoes
court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down

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