跳 meaning and stroke order
To jump; to hop; to skip over
How to write 跳, stroke by stroke
13 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 跳
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to jump
- to hop
- to skip over
- to bounce
- to palpitate
How 跳 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Foot.
足 gives the meaning and 兆 hints at the sound.
Radical: 足 (foot), shared by 119 characters on this site.
How to remember 跳
跳 is pictophonetic. The foot 足 on the left tells you the meaning is about legs and feet, and 兆 (zhào) on the right hints at the sound, so picture a foot pushing off the ground to jump.
跳 (tiào) means to jump or hop, and it appears in many sports and movement words like 跳舞 (tiàowǔ, to dance), 跳高 (tiàogāo, high jump) and 跳水 (tiàoshuǐ, diving). It can also mean to skip over something or to throb, as in 心跳 (xīntiào, heartbeat). Example: 她很喜欢跳舞。(Tā hěn xǐhuan tiàowǔ.) She really likes to dance.
Common mistake: Learners often read 跳 as zhào because of the phonetic part 兆, but the correct sound is tiào with a falling fourth tone. Also do not confuse it with 桃 (táo, peach), which shares 兆 but has the tree radical 木.
Common words with 跳
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 跳舞 | tiàowǔ | to dance | HSK 3 |
| 跳高 | tiàogāo | (athletics) high jump | HSK 3 |
| 跳远 | tiàoyuǎn | long jump (athletics) | HSK 3 |
| 跳水 | tiàoshuǐ | to dive (into water); (sports) diving | HSK 6 |
| 跳跃 | tiàoyuè | to jump; to leap | HSK 7-9 |
| 跳动 | tiàodòng | to throb; to pulse | HSK 7-9 |
| 跳伞 | tiàosǎn | to parachute; to bail out | HSK 7-9 |
| 跳槽 | tiàocáo | to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere | HSK 7-9 |
| 心跳 | xīntiào | heartbeat; pulse | |
| 跳过 | tiàoguò | to jump over; to skip (a step, chapter etc) | |
| 跳进 | tiàojìn | to plunge into; to jump into | |
| 跳蚤 | tiàozao | flea | |
| 跳出 | tiàochū | to jump out; fig. to appear suddenly | |
| 跳楼 | tiàolóu | to jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertisin |
跳 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 跳
How many strokes are in 跳?
跳 is written with 13 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 跳 mean?
跳 (tiào) means to jump; to hop; to skip over. A common word with it is 跳舞 (tiàowǔ), meaning "to dance".
How do you pronounce 跳?
跳 is pronounced tiào, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 跳?
The radical of 跳 is 足, which carries the idea of "foot". Dictionaries list 跳 under this radical.
Is 跳 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 跳 is part of the HSK 3 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard, and you are expected to write it by hand from HSK 3.
What does 跳槽 (tiàocáo) mean?
跳槽 means to change jobs, usually leaving one company for a better position at another. Literally it is jumping from one feeding trough to another, and it is very common in everyday conversation.
Is 跳 the same as 跳跃 (tiàoyuè)?
Both mean to jump, but 跳 alone is the everyday spoken word. 跳跃 sounds more formal or written and often describes leaping movements in general or in a figurative sense.