Chinese word dictionary

跳闸

tiào zhá · (of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip; to jump a turnstile

Practice word

Word information

Simplified跳闸

Traditional跳閘

Pinyintiào zhá

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

闸zhá

sluice, floodgate, canal lock

How to learn 跳闸

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.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

跳舞tiàowǔ

to dance

跳tiào

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

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

跳槽tiàocáo

to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere