跳 meaning in English

tiào

to jump; to hop

HSK 3verb13 strokes

Meaning of 跳

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tiào

to jump
to hop
to skip over
to bounce
to palpitate

How to use 跳

跳 is a common action verb for jumping, and it appears in many sports and activity words like 跳舞 (tiàowǔ) and 跳水 (tiàoshuǐ). It can also describe a heart beating fast or skipping over something, such as a page. Example: 孩子们在草地上跳来跳去。(Háizimen zài cǎodì shang tiào lái tiào qù.) The children are jumping around on the grass.

跳 combines the foot radical 足 (zú) on the left with 兆 (zhào) on the right, which also hints at the sound. Picture a foot pushing off the ground to jump.

Common mistake: Learners sometimes write the right side as 北 or forget the dots in 兆, or confuse 跳 with 挑 (tiāo, to choose; tiǎo, to provoke), which has the hand radical 扌 instead of the foot radical. Remember that 跳 is fourth tone, while 挑 is usually first tone.

跳 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ不bú会huì让ràng你nǐ跳tiào下xià去qù的de。

I won't let you jump down.

这zhè个ge男nán孩hái跳tiào入rù了le水shuǐ中zhōng。

The boy jumped into the water.

谢xiè谢xiè你nǐ一yì起qǐ和hé我wǒ跳tiào舞wǔ。

Thank you for dancing with me.

她tā八bā岁suì的de时shí候hòu开kāi始shǐ跳tiào舞wǔ。

She started dancing when she was eight.

我wǒ高gāo兴xìng得de跳tiào了le起qǐ来lái。

I jumped for joy.

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跳 tiào · to jump · 13 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 跳.

跳舞	tiàowǔ	to dance
跳高	tiàogāo	(athletics) high jump
跳远	tiàoyuǎn	long jump (athletics)
跳水	tiàoshuǐ	to dive (into water); (sports) diving
跳跃	tiàoyuè	to jump; to leap
跳动	tiàodòng	to throb; to pulse
跳伞	tiàosǎn	to parachute; to bail out
跳槽	tiàocáo	to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere
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

Questions about 跳

What does 跳 mean?

跳 (tiào) means "to jump; to hop" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 跳?

跳 is made of 1 character: 跳 (13 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 跳 an HSK word?

Yes. 跳 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How do I say my heart is beating fast in Chinese?

You can say 我的心跳得很快 (wǒ de xīn tiào de hěn kuài). The noun 心跳 (xīntiào) means heartbeat, and 跳动 (tiàodòng) describes throbbing or pulsing.

Can 跳 mean to skip something, like a step or a class?

Yes. 跳过 (tiàoguò) means to skip over, as in 跳过这一页 (tiàoguò zhè yí yè), skip this page. Skipping a grade in school is 跳级 (tiàojí).