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跳級

简跳级 · 繁跳級

Mandarin · pinyin tiào jí

to jump a year (at college)

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跳: tiào · jump, leap, vault, bounce; dance
級: jí · level, rank, class; grade
级: jí · level, rank, class; grade

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4–2 · tiao4 ji2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tiu3 kap1

Cantonese word readings for 跳級. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(of a student) to skip a year; to skip a grade
to jump a rank
(Puxian Min) to jump up or down steps

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