跳动 meaning in English

tiàodòng

to throb; to pulse

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 跳動19 strokes

Meaning of 跳动

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

tiàodòng
  1. to throb
  2. to pulse
  3. to bounce
  4. to jiggle
  5. to jump about

跳动 in example sentences

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

莎shā米mǐ的de心xīn几jī乎hū停tíng止zhǐ了le跳tiào动dòng。
Sami's heart almost stopped.
我wǒ的de心xīn脏zàng停tíng止zhǐ了le跳tiào动dòng。
My heart stopped beating.
我wǒ感gǎn觉jué到dào自zì己jǐ的de心xīn在zài剧jù烈liè地dì跳tiào动dòng。
I felt my heart beating violently.
我wǒ的de心xīn开kāi始shǐ快kuài速sù跳tiào动dòng。
My heart began to race.
他tā心xīn脏zàng停tíng止zhǐ了le跳tiào动dòng, 随suí即jí死sǐ亡wáng。
His heart stopped beating and he died immediately.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

跳 tiào · to jump · 13 strokes

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动 dòng · to move · 6 strokes

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  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 跳动.

动作dòngzuòmovement; motion; action; to act; to move
行动xíngdòngoperation; action
动物dòngwùanimal
活动huódòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动yùndòngto move; to exercise
感动gǎndòngto move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally)
动物园dòngwùyuánzoo
跳舞tiàowǔto dance
发动fādòngto start; to launch
自动zìdòngautomatic; voluntarily
主动zhǔdòngto take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord
动力dònglìmotive power; (fig.) motivation; impetus

Questions about 跳动

What does 跳动 mean?

跳动 (tiàodòng) means "to throb; to pulse" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 跳动?

跳动 is made of 2 characters: 跳 (13 strokes), 动 (6 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 跳动 an HSK word?

Yes. 跳动 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 跳动 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 跳动 is written 跳動.