蹬
dēngdèng HSK7

step on

蹬 dēng frequency
dump verb
(slang) to break up with or dump a romantic partner

他被女朋友给蹬了。

tā bèi nǚ​péng​you gěi dēng le.

He was dumped by his girlfriend.

put on verb
to put on or wear items such as shoes or trousers

他急忙蹬上裤子出门了。

tā jí​máng dēng shàng kù​zi chū​mén le.

He hurriedly pulled on his pants and went out.

step on verb
to step on or tread on something

他一脚蹬在踏板上。

tā yī jiǎo dēng zài tà​bǎn shàng.

He stepped onto the pedal with one foot.

蹬 dèng
setback verb
used in 蹭蹬 cèng​dèng

他近年的仕途非常蹭蹬。

tā jìn​nián de shì​tú fēi​cháng cèng​dèng.

His political career has been very frustrated in recent years.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,349th most common 6.37 per million
Movie subtitles
3,288th most common 2.11 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.71 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
5.91 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
19
Unicode
U+8E6C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)