Chinese Word of the Day
跳舞tiào wǔ
dance
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
跳舞 | tiàowǔ | |
1. v. to dance (move rhythmically) | ||
English > Chinese | ||
dance | ||
1. 舞 | ||
2. 跳动 | ||
3. 跃动 | ||
4. 摇晃 | ||
5. 荡漾 | ||
6. 使跳舞 | ||
7. 上下摇晃 | ||
8. 逗弄 | ||
9. 跳舞 | ||
10. 舞蹈 | ||
11. 舞会 | ||
Components | ||
跳 | tiào | |
1. to jump; to leap; to hop | ||
2. to pass over; to skip; to bypass | ||
跳級 - to skip a grade | ||
我 絕對 不 跳 這麼 好聽 的 OP。 - I will never skip such an awesome opening. | ||
3. to beat; to palpitate; to pulsate | ||
心跳 - heartbeat | ||
4. to jump (into or from) so as to result in death | ||
跳河 - to commit suicide by jumping into a river | ||
跳樓 - to commit suicide by jumping out of a window; to jump to one's death | ||
5. (attention, zh, missing 电水壶自动跳?) | ||
6. (zh-obsolete) Alternative form of 逃 (to flee) | ||
舞 | wǔ | |
1. to dance (move rhythmically) | ||
zh-co, 載zài歌載zài舞, to sing and dance; festive celebrations | ||
2. dance (performance art); dancing | ||
(zh-co, 芭蕾舞, ballet) | ||
(zh-co, 中國 舞, Chinese dance) | ||
(zh-co, 跳 一個 舞, to perform a dance) | ||
3. to dance with something in one's hands | ||
(zh-co, 舞獅, to perform a lion dance) | ||
(zh-co, 舞 火龍,) | ||
4. to wield; to brandish; to shake | ||
(zh-co, 舞 劍, to brandish a sword) | ||
5. (literary or in compounds) to fly; to flutter | ||
(zh-co, 眉飛色舞, to beam with joy) | ||
6. (literary or in compounds) to play with | ||
(zh-co, 舞弊, to engage in fraudulent practices) | ||
(zh-co, 舞文弄墨,) | ||
7. (Cantonese, Hakka) to mess with; to play with; to tease | ||
啲 新仔 畀 同事 舞mou5-2 到 陀陀to4-2擰ning6。 - The colleagues messed with the newbies big time. | ||
8. (Cantonese, Hokkien) to fiddle with; to be busy with; to handle; to operate | ||
我 舞mou5-2 咗 半日 都 舞mou5-2 唔 掂 部 麵包機。 - I've worked on this for half a day, but I still haven't figured out how this bread machine works. | ||
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tiào wǔ
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