Chinese word dictionary

跳挡

tiào dǎng · (of a car) to slip out of gear; to pop out of gear

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Word information

Simplified跳挡

Traditional跳擋

Pinyintiào dǎng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

跳tiào

to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance

挡dǎng

to block, to obstruct; to get in the way; cover, guard

How to learn 跳挡

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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跳舞tiàowǔ

to dance

跳tiào

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

挡dǎng

to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission); variant of 擋|挡[dang3]

跳高tiàogāo

(athletics) high jump

跳远tiàoyuǎn

long jump (athletics)

跳水tiàoshuǐ

to dive (into water); (sports) diving; to commit suicide by jumping into water; (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically