tiào

Traditional: 跳

HSK 3
#639 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to jump, to leap; to skip; to dance

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Examples

māozhuō

That cat jumped onto the table.

Let's go dancing!

His heart was beating fast.

That rabbit jumps very quickly.

He jumped down from the chair.

跳 (tiào) means to jump or leap. It covers physical jumping (跳起来, jump up; 跳过, jump over), dancing (跳舞, to dance), heartbeating (心跳, heartbeat), and skipping/skipping over (跳过这一页, skip this page). In sports: 跳绳 (jump rope), 跳高 (high jump), 跳远 (long jump). 跳 is also used metaphorically for sudden price changes (物价上跳, prices jump up) and for excitement (心跳加速, heart races).

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