Meaning of 跳高
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- (athletics) high jump
How to use 跳高
跳高 is used for the track and field event and for doing it, often with verbs like 练 (liàn) or 参加 (cānjiā). Example: 他每天下午练跳高。(Tā měitiān xiàwǔ liàn tiàogāo.) He practices the high jump every afternoon.
跳高 is simply 跳 (tiào) "to jump" plus 高 (gāo) "high", so it means to jump high. Picture an athlete leaping over a bar, and notice that 跳 has the foot radical 足 on the left because jumping uses your feet.
Common mistake: Learners often say 跳得高 (tiào de gāo) and 跳高 as if they were the same. 跳高 names the sport, while 他跳得很高 (tā tiào de hěn gāo) describes how high someone jumps. Also keep the fourth tone on 跳 (tiào) and do not flatten it to tiāo.
Stroke order for each character
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跳 tiào · to jump · 13 strokes
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高 gāo · high · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 跳高.
| 高兴 | gāoxìng | happy; glad |
| 高中 | gāozhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]) |
| 提高 | tígāo | to raise; to increase |
| 高级 | gāojí | high level; high grade |
| 跳舞 | tiàowǔ | to dance |
| 高速公路 | gāosù gōnglù | expressway; highway; freeway |
| 高速 | gāosù | high speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1 su4 gong1 lu4]) |
| 跳远 | tiàoyuǎn | long jump (athletics) |
| 高潮 | gāocháo | high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity |
| 高尚 | gāoshàng | noble; lofty |
| 身高 | shēngāo | (a person's) height |
| 高价 | gāojià | high price |
Questions about 跳高
What does 跳高 mean?
跳高 (tiàogāo) means "(athletics) high jump" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 跳高?
跳高 is made of 2 characters: 跳 (13 strokes), 高 (10 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.
Is 跳高 an HSK word?
Yes. 跳高 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do you say long jump in Chinese?
Long jump is 跳远 (tiàoyuǎn), with 远 (yuǎn) meaning far. It follows the same pattern as 跳高, so the two are easy to learn together.
Can I put an object after 跳高?
No. 跳高 already contains its own object idea and does not take another one. To say how high, use a structure like 他跳高跳了两米 (tā tiàogāo tiào le liǎng mǐ), "he cleared two meters in the high jump."