⇒ 他在门垫上把鞋底的泥蹭掉了。 (Tā zài méndiàn shang bǎ xiédǐ de ní cèngdiào le.) He rubbed the mud off his shoes onto the doormat.
(= 沾上) smear
⇒ 他离得太近,袖子上蹭到了油漆。 (Tā líde tài jìn, xiùzi shang cèngdàole yóuqī.) He got too close to the wet paint and got his sleeve smeared.
(指速度) creep along (pt, pp crept)
⇒ 路上很挤,她一点一点地往前蹭。 (Lùshang hěn jǐ, tā yīdiǎn yīdiǎn de wǎng qián cèng.) The roads were packed, so she crept along at a snail's pace.
(= 占便宜) scrounge
⇒ 她已经工作了,可是还去父母家蹭饭吃。 (Tā yǐjīng gōngzuò le, kěshì hái qù fùmǔ jiā cèng fàn chī.) She has a job now, but still goes back to her parents' house to scrounge food.