tiào

to jump

to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate

foot (足) + sound tiào (兆) = to jump

足 grounds the action in the foot and leg — the body part doing the leaping. 兆 contributes the sound tiào and does not add meaning here.

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FootSemantic

那只小猫上了桌子。

nà zhī xiǎo māo tiào shàng le zhuō zi。

That little cat jumped up onto the table.

他的心得很快,因为他很紧张。

tā de xīn tiào de hěn kuài,yīn wèi tā hěn jǐn zhāng。

His heart was beating very fast because he was very nervous.

Words with 跳

弹跳板

tán tiào bǎn

springboard

造型跳伞

zào xíng tiào sǎn

formation skydiving

鸡飞狗跳

jī fēi gǒu tiào

lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom)

惊跳

jīng tiào

to shy (away); to give a start

高空弹跳

gāo kōng tán tiào

bungee jumping (Tw)

鲤鱼跳龙门

lǐ yú tiào lóng mén

to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom)

三级跳

sān jí tiào

triple jump (athletics)

三级跳远

sān jí tiào yuǎn

triple jump (athletics)

乱跳

luàn tiào

to jump about

仙人跳

xiān rén tiào

confidence trick in which a man is lured by an attractive woman

低空跳伞

dī kōng tiào sǎn

BASE Jumping

佛跳墙

fó tiào qiáng

lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients

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