Chinese

跳舞

tiàowǔ
to dance (move rhythmically)
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 2

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Lineage

  • characterChinese跳 “to jump; to leap; to hop”
    • meaningChinese足 “foot”
    • soundChinese兆 “cracks formed on heated tortoise plastrons and mammal bones used in ancient divination”
      • componentChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
      • componentChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
  • characterChinese舞 “to dance (move rhythmically)”
    • soundChinese無 “to not have; there is not; there does not exist”
    • meaningChinese舛 “to be opposed to; to be contrary to; to deviate from”
      • ideaChinese夊 “of going, slow”
      • ideaChinese𡕒

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