(tiào)

to jump/to dance

How 跳 is written

Strokes
13
Radical
— foot
Traditional
Simplified
(unchanged)

Components

  • foot
  • legs
  • ice

Common words using 跳

跳舞 tiàowǔ
to dance
心跳 xīntiào
heartbeat; pulse
活蹦亂跳 huóbèngluàntiào
to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively; healthy and active
跳出 tiàochū
to jump out; fig. to appear suddenly
跳動 tiàodòng
to throb; to pulse; to bounce
跳槽 tiàocáo
to change jobs; job-hopping
跳樓 tiàolóu
to jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)
跳水 tiàoshuǐ
to dive; diving (sport, a Chinese specialty)
跳躍 tiàoyuè
to jump; to leap; to bound
三級跳 sānjítiào
triple jump (athletics); hop, skip and jump
亂跳 luàntiào
bounce
佛跳牆 fótiàoqiáng
lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients

跳 in a sentence

她從小就喜歡跳舞。

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù xǐhuān tiàowǔ.

“She has liked dancing since she was little.”

How common is 跳?

跳 is the 997th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 89.1% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 跳

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