跳 tiào in a sentence
Jump (bounce - beat - leap - skip - [a grade])
跳 (tiào) means Jump (bounce - beat - leap - skip - [a grade]). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 跳 下水去救那个孩子。
Tā tiào xià shuǐ qù jiù nàge háizi.
He jumped into the water to save that child.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 救
膝 跳 是一种简单的反射。
Xī tiào shì yì zhǒng jiǎndān de fǎnshè.
The knee jerk is a simple reflex.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 反射
医生一直监视着他的心 跳 。
Yīshēng yìzhí jiānshìzhe tā de xīntiào.
The doctor kept monitoring his heartbeat.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 监视
他轻轻一 跳 跃就过了那道沟。
Tā qīngqīng yí tiàoyuè jiù guò le nà dào gōu.
With one light leap he cleared the ditch.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 跳跃
他的思路有点 跳 跃,不太好跟。
Tā de sīlù yǒudiǎn tiàoyuè, bú tài hǎo gēn.
His train of thought jumps about and is hard to follow.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 跳跃
他闯进来的时候大家都吓了一 跳 。
Tā chuǎng jìnlái de shíhou dàjiā dōu xià le yí tiào.
Everyone jumped when he burst in.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 闯
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Words that contain 跳
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Questions about 跳
How is 跳 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 跳 (tiào, "Jump (bounce - beat - leap - skip - [a grade])"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 跳 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 跳 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 跳?
The dictionary page for 跳 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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