HSK 6 · Sport

跳跃 tiàoyuè “to jump” in Chinese

Traditional 跳躍

What 跳跃 means

  1. to jump
  2. to leap
  3. to bound
  4. to skip

How to say 跳跃

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale跃yuè4th tone, falling

跳跃 in a sentence

  1. 小鸟在树枝上跳跃。

    Xiǎoniǎo zài shùzhī shàng tiàoyuè.

    The little bird is hopping about on the branch.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个动作需要很好的跳跃能力。

    Zhè ge dòngzuò xūyào hěn hǎo de tiàoyuè nénglì.

    This move needs good jumping ability.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 跳跃 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 跃 (yuè) with each of its parts in a different colour
跃yuèto jump
  • 足foot · zúMeaning part
  • 夭young · yāoSound part

足 hints at the meaning (foot); 夭 (yāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuè.

How to write 跳跃

跳 13 strokes · 跃 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 跳跃

Words with 跳

跳舞tiàowǔ · to dance跳tiào · to jump

Words with 跃

活跃huóyuè · active踊跃yǒngyuè · eager飞跃fēiyuè · leap

More words: Sport & Leisure

潜水qiánshuǐ · to dive气功qìgōng · qigong (breathing exercises)胜负shèngfù · victory or defeat田径tiánjìng · athletics投掷tóuzhì · to throw选手xuǎnshǒu · competitor亚军yàjūn · runner-up阵容zhènróng · line-up (of a team or cast)

FAQs

跳跃 (tiàoyuè) means “to jump” or “to leap”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tiàoyuè: tiào with a 4th tone, then yuè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 跳跃 is written 跳躍. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tiaoyue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 跳跃 from the suggestions. Typing tiaoyue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
跳跃 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.