Meaning
jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat
Chinese: 跳跃、跳动。用脚向上或向前跃起。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “tiao” becomes a different word in each tone. 跳 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 跳舞tiào wǔto dance
- 跳高tiào gāo(athletics) high jump
- 跳远tiào yuǎnlong jump (athletics)
- 跳跃tiào yuèto jump; to leap; to bound; to skip
- 跳水tiào shuǐto dive (into water); (sports) diving; to commit suicide by jumping into water; (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
Example Sentence
小兔子在草地上跳来跳去。Xiǎo tù zi zài cǎo dì shàng tiào lái tiào qù.The little rabbit hops around on the grass.
小Xiǎosmall兔子tù zihare在zàiat草地cǎo dìlawn上shàngon跳tiàoto jump来láito come跳tiàoto jump去qùto go。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The foot radical 足 (meaning) plus 兆 (zhào, sound): an action of the feet — ‘to jump / leap’.
A way to remember it
Feet (足) + the sound 兆 — to jump.
Easy to confuse with
- 兆‘Omen / trillion’: the right-hand sound part of 跳, on its own.