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  tiu3   jyutping
  tiao4   pinyin
[1] [v] jump; leap; spring; bounce [2] [v] throb; pulsate; beat [3] [v] skip over (over); jump; make omissions

Stroke count: 13
Level: 2
Radical: (#157)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 10022 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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detail  tiu3 seoi2  tiao4 shui3 = to dive, jump into water
detail  saang1 haa1 gam2 tiu3   = furious; fuming
detail  tiu3 gou1  tiao4 gao1 = high jump
detail  tiu3 jyun5  tiao4 yuan3 = long jump
detail  tiu3 lau4*2  tiao4 lou2 = jump off a building
detail  tiu3 hoi2   = jump into the sea
detail  tiu3 mou5  tiao4 wu3 = dance
detail  tiu3 dung6  tiao4 dong4 = to beat; to pulsate
detail  tiu3 joek6  tiao4 yue4 = to jump; to leap; to skip; to bound; to hop
detail  tiu3 cou4   = to move from one firm (or job or girlfriend) to another
See all 57 compounds (CantoDict reports 58 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 跳
detail 妹妹成日喺度跳跳貢
She's always running around madly.
[Lit. little sister all-day at-here running-around]
detail 男仔露台欄河似乎跳樓
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.
detail 原來係噉反而畀你
On the contrary, it's me that's scared by you!
[Lit. Originally like that, on the contrary it's me by you scared (particle) 原來係噉 is a useful phrase with no readily translatable meaning. (At least not consistently.)]

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