登 (dēng) — to climb, to ascend (a mountain, stairs, etc.); to publish, to record (in a newspaper, register, etc.); to step on, to tread (on something)
Definition
登 covers both 'climb' (a mountain, stairs) and 'publish/register' (a name in a record, an ad in a paper). For climbing, 爬 is more general/casual, while 登 suggests reaching the top; for 'step on', 踩/踏 are the everyday words, 登 is more formal.
verb
to climbto ascend (a mountain, stairs, etc.)to publishto record (in a newspaper, register, etc.)to step onto tread (on something)
Examples
- 登。Tā men jì huà xià ge yuè dēng huáng shān.They plan to climb Mount Huang next month.
- 登。Tā zài bào zhǐ shàng dēng le yí cì guǎng gào.He published an advertisement in the newspaper once.
- ，登。Qǐng xiǎo xīn, bié dēng dào shuǐ kēng lǐ.Please be careful, don't step into the puddle.
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