跳

Mandarin · pinyin tiào

Meanings

  1. to jump
  2. to hop
  3. to skip over
  4. to bounce
  5. to palpitate
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跳
tiào · jump, leap, vault, bounce; dance
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4 · tiao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tiu3 · tiu4

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to jump; to leap; to hop
  2. to pass over; to skip; to bypass
  3. to beat; to palpitate; to pulsate
  4. to jump (into or from) so as to result in death

character · Etymology 2

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 逃 (táo, “to flee”)

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