跳水

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	water; river
simp. and trad. (跳水)		跳	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tiàoshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tiao⁴ sui³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu³ seoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiàu-chúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiàoshuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiàoshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao⁴-shui³
    • Yale: tyàu-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiawshoei
    • Palladius: тяошуй (tjaošuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: tiao⁴ sui³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tiaosui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiau²¹³ suei⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu³ seoi²
    • Yale: tiu séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: thiàu-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiaozuie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sui⁴¹/

Verb

跳⫽水 (verb-object)

1. to dive; to jump into water
2. to decrease speedily
3. (Sichuanese, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to commit suicide by jumping into a body of water

Synonyms

• (to commit suicide): 跳海 (tiàohǎi); (Eastern Min) 跳大橋／跳大桥, 跳落水

Noun

跳水

1. diving (jumping into water)

Derived terms

• 懸崖跳水／悬崖跳水 (“cliff diving”)