跳

tiào

jump, leap, vault, bounce; dance

How to write 跳, stroke by stroke

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 足 (foot), phonetic 兆

Made of 足 + 兆

跳舞tiào wǔto dance
心跳xīn tiàoheartbeat; pulse
跳跃tiào yuèto jump; to leap; to bound; to skip
跳动tiào dòngto throb; to pulse; to bounce; to jiggle; to jump about
跳过tiào guòto jump over; to skip (a step, chapter etc)
跳伞tiào sǎnto parachute; to bail out; parachute jumping
跳进tiào jìnto plunge into; to jump into
跳蚤tiào zaoflea
跳出tiào chūto jump out; fig. to appear suddenly
跳楼tiào lóuto jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)
跳水tiào shuǐto dive (into water); (sports) diving; to commit suicide by jumping into water; (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
吓一跳xià yī tiàostartled; to frighten; scared out of one's skin

我的心跳得那么快！
wǒ de xīn tiào dé nà me kuài ！
My heart's beating so fast!
你愿意和我跳舞吗？
nǐ yuàn yì hé wǒ tiào wǔ ma ？
Would you like to dance with me?
轮到他时，我们故意跳过了他。
lún dào tā shí ， wǒ men gù yì tiào guò le tā 。
We skipped his turn on purpose.
我的心脏停止了跳动。
wǒ de xīn zāng tíng zhǐ le tiào dòng 。
My heart stopped beating.
她会唱歌而且舞跳得很美。
tā huì chàng gē ér qiě wǔ tiào dé hěn měi 。
She can sing and dance beautifully.