Chinese word dictionary

跳水

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

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Word information

Simplified跳水

Traditional跳水

Pinyintiàoshuǐ

Part of speech动

HSK 3.06

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

水shuǐ

water

How to learn 跳水

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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水shuǐ

surname Shui; water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment

水果shuǐguǒ

fruit; CL:個|个[ge4]

跳舞tiàowǔ

to dance

矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐ

mineral water; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]

水平shuǐpíng

horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)

跳tiào

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