HSK 2 · Common Verbs

跳舞 tiàowǔ “to dance” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 跳舞 means

  1. to dance

How to say 跳舞

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale跳tiào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale舞wǔ3rd tone, dipping

跳舞 in a sentence

  1. 他喜欢唱歌，也喜欢跳舞。

    Tā xǐhuan chànggē, yě xǐhuan tiàowǔ.

    He likes singing and dancing.

    Sentence #1173213 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你愿意和我跳舞吗？

    Nǐ yuànyì hé wǒ tiàowǔ ma?

    Would you like to dance with me?

    Sentence #336871 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 大家都在跳舞。

    Dàjiā dōu zài tiàowǔ.

    Everyone is dancing.

    Sentence #13738253 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 跳舞 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 跳 (tiào) with each of its parts in a different colour
跳tiàoto jump
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 兆omen · zhàoSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 兆 (zhào) hints at the sound. Compare it with tiào.

The character 舞 (wǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
舞wǔto dance
  • 無no
  • 舛oppose · chuǎn

How to write 跳舞

跳 13 strokes · 舞 14 strokes

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

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

Words related to 跳舞

Words with 跳

跳tiào · to jump跳跃tiàoyuè · to jump

Words with 舞

鼓舞gǔwǔ · to inspire舞蹈wǔdǎo · dance

More words: Common Verbs

出chū · to go out给gěi · to give让ràng · to let笑xiào · to laugh唱歌chànggē · to sing旅游lǚyóu · to travel游泳yóuyǒng · to swim完wán · to finish

FAQs

跳舞 (tiàowǔ) means “to dance”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it tiàowǔ: tiào with a 4th tone, then wǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 跳舞 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiaowu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 跳舞 from the suggestions. Typing tiaowu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
跳舞 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

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.