HSK 6 · Media

舞蹈 wǔdǎo “dance” in Chinese

Said as wúdǎo

Same in Traditional

What 舞蹈 means

  1. dance
  2. dancing
  3. dance (performance art)

How to say 舞蹈

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale舞wǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale蹈dǎo3rd tone, dipping

Said as wúdǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

舞蹈 in a sentence

  1. 桌子上有一本关于舞蹈的书。

    Zhuōzi shàng yǒu yì běn guānyú wǔdǎo de shū.

    There’s a book about dance on the desk.

    Sentence #1873013 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 风俗习惯包括食物，庆祝和舞蹈。

    Fēngsú xíguàn bāokuò shíwù, qìngzhù hé wǔdǎo.

    Customs include food, celebrations and dance.

    Sentence #4625754 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 最近一直在舞蹈排练，周五周六要演出啊。

    Zuìjìn yìzhí zài wǔdǎo páiliàn, zhōuwǔ zhōuliù yào yǎnchū a.

    We’ve been rehearsing dances non-stop lately — we perform on Friday and Saturday.

    Sentence #1169113 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 舞蹈 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 舞 (wǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
舞wǔto dance
  • 無no
  • 舛oppose · chuǎn
The character 蹈 (dǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
蹈dǎoto tread on
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 舀to ladle out · yǎoSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 舀 (yǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with dǎo.

How to write 舞蹈

舞 14 strokes · 蹈 17 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

舞蹈 (wǔdǎo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 舞蹈 (wǔdǎo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 舞蹈

Words with 舞

跳舞tiàowǔ · to dance鼓舞gǔwǔ · to inspire

More words: Media & Arts

图案tú'àn · pattern问世wènshì · to be published文物wénwù · cultural relic文艺wényì · literature and the arts武侠wǔxiá · martial arts hero相声xiàngsheng · comic dialogue (crosstalk)肖像xiàoxiàng · portrait绣xiù · to embroider

FAQs

舞蹈 (wǔdǎo) means “dance” or “dancing”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wǔdǎo: wǔ with a 3rd tone, then dǎo with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like wúdǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 舞蹈 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wudao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 舞蹈 from the suggestions. Typing wudao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
舞蹈 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.