| cǎi | to step on/to tread/to stamp/to press a pedal/to pedal (a bike) |
| 踩 | to step on to tread to stamp |
| 踩刹车 | to step on the brake to brake (when driving) |
| 踩动 | to operate by means of a pedal |
| 踩墒 | stamp the soil to preserve the moisture of the soil |
| 踩水 | to tread water to paddle or tramp in shallow water |
| 踩油门 | to step on the gas |
| 踩灭 | to stamp out |
| 踩点 | set foot-point |
| 踩线 | step on the line foot-fault |
| 踩踏 | to trample on |
| 踩道 | to scout to reconnoitre |
| 踩高跷 | to walk on stilts |