跳

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.

足+兆→跳
兆OmenPhonetic
足FootSemantic

那只小猫跳上了桌子。

nà zhī xiǎo māo tiào shàng le zhuō zi。

That little cat jumped up onto the table.

他的心跳得很快,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

跳闸

tiào zhá

(of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip

暴跳如雷

bào tiào rú léi

to stamp with fury; to fly into a rage

跳楼

tiào lóu

to jump from a building (to kill oneself)

起跳

qǐ tiào

(athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump)

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)

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