躡蹀

Chinese

		chase; step; tread	tread on
trad. (躡蹀)		躡	蹀
simp. (蹑蹀)		蹑	蹀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nièdié

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nip⁶ dip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nièdié
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nièdié
    • Wade–Giles: nieh⁴-tieh²
    • Yale: nyè-dyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niehdye
    • Palladius: неде (nede)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛ⁵¹ ti̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nip⁶ dip⁶
    • Yale: nihp dihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nip⁹ dip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nib⁶ dib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niːp̚² tiːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjep dep

Rime
Character	躡	蹀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	葉 (156)	怗 (158)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	尼輒切	徒協切
Baxter	nrjep	dep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiᴇp̚/	/dep̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚiɛp̚/	/dep̚/
Shao Rongfen	/niæp̚/	/dɛp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳjiap̚/	/dɛp̚/
Li Rong	/njɛp̚/	/dep̚/
Wang Li	/nĭɛp̚/	/diep̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯ɛp̚/	/dʱiep̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niè	dié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nip6	dip6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*neb  l'eːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	躡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	niè
Middle Chinese	‹ nrjep ›
Old Chinese	/*nrep/
English	trample
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	躡	蹀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9531	11574
Phonetic component	聶	世
Rime group	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	聶	牒
Old Chinese	/*neb/	/*l'eːb/
Notes		見淮南子

Verb

躡蹀

1. Synonym of 躞蹀 (xièdié, “to walk in a mincing gait; to walk with small steps”)