腳跟

脚跟
jiǎogēn
heel

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) position; stance
  2. heel (of the foot)
  3. position; stance

Wiktionary

  1. 腳掌的後部。
  2. 行蹤、下落。
  3. 根基、根底。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 腳 jiǎo
  1. foot
  2. leg (of an animal or an object)
  3. base (of an object)
  4. classifier for kicks

classifiers: 雙, 隻
2 跟 gēn
  1. heel
  2. to follow closely
  3. to go with
  4. (of a woman) to marry sb
  5. with
  6. compared with
  7. to
  8. towards
  9. and (joining two nouns)

Containing this entry

站穩腳跟 zhànwěnjiǎogēn
  1. to stand firmly
  2. to gain a foothold
  3. to establish oneself
腳跟腳 jiǎogēnjiǎo one closely following the other

Related entries

後跟 hòugēn
  1. heel (part of a foot)
  2. heel (of a sock)
  3. counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel)
  4. followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension")
他襪子的後跟破了。

The heels of his socks had been worn out.

Source: Tatoeba

腳後跟 jiǎohòugēn heel
跟 gēn
  1. heel
  2. to follow closely
  3. to go with
  4. (of a woman) to marry sb
  5. with
  6. compared with
  7. to
  8. towards
  9. and (joining two nouns)
跟我說！

Repeat after me.

Source: Tatoeba

鞋跟 xiégēn heel (of a shoe)
踵 zhǒng
  1. to arrive
  2. to follow
  3. heel