Meaning of 跳水
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to dive (into water)
- (sports) diving
- to commit suicide by jumping into water
- (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
How to use 跳水
跳水 is most often the Olympic sport of diving, and in finance news it describes prices or stocks that suddenly plunge. Example: 昨天股价突然跳水了。(Zuótiān gǔjià túrán tiàoshuǐ le.) Yesterday the stock price suddenly plunged.
跳 (tiào) means to jump and 水 (shuǐ) means water, so 跳水 is simply jumping into water. Picture the foot radical 足 on the left of 跳 pushing off a board toward the water below.
Common mistake: Learners use 跳水 for scuba diving or snorkeling, but those are 潜水 (qiánshuǐ), which means going under the water. 跳水 is only about the jump in from above.
跳水 in example sentences
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跳 tiào · to jump · 13 strokes
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水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 跳水.
| 水果 | shuǐguǒ | fruit |
| 水平 | shuǐpíng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 药水 | yàoshuǐ | medicine in liquid form; bottled medicine |
| 跳舞 | tiàowǔ | to dance |
| 跳高 | tiàogāo | (athletics) high jump |
| 跳远 | tiàoyuǎn | long jump (athletics) |
| 凉水 | liángshuǐ | cool water; unboiled water |
| 海水 | hǎishuǐ | seawater |
| 汽水 | qìshuǐ | soda pop; carbonated soft drink |
| 泪水 | lèishuǐ | teardrop; tears |
| 矿泉水 | kuàngquánshuǐ | mineral water |
| 开水 | kāishuǐ | boiled water; boiling water |
Questions about 跳水
What does 跳水 mean?
跳水 (tiàoshuǐ) means "to dive (into water); (sports) diving" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 跳水?
跳水 is made of 2 characters: 跳 (13 strokes), 水 (4 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 跳水 an HSK word?
Yes. 跳水 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do you say someone is a diver in Chinese?
A competitive diver is 跳水运动员 (tiàoshuǐ yùndòngyuán). For a scuba diver, say 潜水员 (qiánshuǐyuán).
Can 跳水 be used for things other than stocks when describing a sharp drop?
Yes. It can describe prices, sales, temperatures, or a player's performance that falls suddenly, as in 气温跳水 (qìwēn tiàoshuǐ), the temperature plunged. It is informal and common in news headlines.