Cantonese Dictionary

跳

tiu3

Mandarin: tiao4

[1] [v] jump; leap; spring; bounce [2] [v] throb; pulsate; beat [3] [v] skip over (over); jump; make omissions

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跳上跳落

tiu3 soeng5 tiu3 lok6

to jump up and down

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跳來跳去

tiu3 loi4 tiu3 heoi3

to skip

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跳傘

tiu3 saan3

Mandarin: tiao4 san3

[1] parachute; bale out [2] [sports] parachute jumping, skydiving, parachuting

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跳傘人

tiu3 saan3 jan4

Mandarin: tiao4 san3 ren2

a parachutist

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跳入

tiu3 jap6

Mandarin: tiao4 ru4

to jump into

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跳出框框

tiu3 ceot1 kwaang1 kwaang1

Cantonese

jump out of one's personal boundary/set pattern

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跳出跳入

tiu3 ceot1 tiu3 jap6

jump in and out

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跳動

tiu3 dung6

Mandarin: tiao4 dong4

to beat (of heart); to pulsate; to jitter; to move up and down; to throb; to bounce; to kick; jitterbug

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跳房子

tiu3 fong4 zi2

Mandarin: tiao4 fang2 zi5

hopscotch [Syn.] 跳飛機; 跳格子

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跳板工作

tiu3 baan2 gung1 zok3

Mandarin: tiao4 ban3 gong1 zuo4

stepping stone job, a position taken as it is believed that it will lead to a better job in the future

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跳棋

tiu3 kei4*2

chinese checkers (lit., "jumping chess")

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跳槽

tiu3 cou4

Mandarin: tiao4 cao2

to switch employer within same industry or amongst competitors

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跳樓

tiu3 lau4*2

Mandarin: tiao4 lou2

jump off a building to kill yourself

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跳樓價

tiu3 lau4*2 gaa3

Mandarin: tiao4 lou2 jia4

Cantonese

steep discount (jump from tall building price)

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跳樓價

tiu3 lau4 gaa3

Mandarin: tiao4 lou2 jia4

Simplified: 跳楼价

huge drop in prices (spoken)

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跳樓自殺

tiu3 lau4*2 zi6 saat3

Mandarin: tiao4 lou2 zi4 sha1

leap to one's own death, commit suicide by jump off a building

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跳樓貨

tiu3 lau4*2 fo3

Cantonese

cheap bargain

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跳樓貨

tiu3 lau2 fo3

Mandarin: tiao4 lou2 huo4

Simplified: 跳楼货

a business strategy to sell inventory at a relatively low price to attract customers

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跳橋

tiu3 kiu4

to jump off a bridge

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跳欄

tiu3 laan4

Mandarin: tiao4 lan2

Simplified: 跳栏

hurdles

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跳水

tiu3 seoi2

Mandarin: tiao4 shui3

to dive; jump into water; diving | [粵]: also 插水　

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跳海

tiu3 hoi2

Mandarin: tiao4 hai3

to jump into the sea [written and colloquial]

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跳灰

tiu3 fui1

Mandarin: tiao4 hui1

Jumping Ash, a Hong Kong movie in 1976

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跳牌

tiu3 paai4*2

Mandarin: tiao4 pai2

(mahjong) to jump/skip tiles, this is done at the beginning of gameplay by the banker/dealer to allow him/her to have 14 tiles

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跳皮

tiu3 pei4

Mandarin: tiao4 pi2

naughty (spoken)

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跳繩

tiu3 sing4*2

Mandarin: tiao4 sheng2

[1] rope skipping; to jump the rope [2] [product] jump rope

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跳舞

tiu3 mou5

Mandarin: tiao4 wu3

to dance

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跳舞機

tiu3 mou5 gei1

a Dance Dance Revolution machine

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跳蚤

tiu3 zou2

Mandarin: tiao4 zao3/5

the flea | [粵]: 狗虱

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