跳舞

Character by character

• 跳tiào13 strokesHSK 2jump, leap, vault, bounce; dance
• 舞wǔ14 strokesHSK 2dance, posture, prance; brandish

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我不能跳舞。

  Wǒ bù néng tiào wǔ

  I can't dance.

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• 他们在跳舞。

  Tā men zài tiào wǔ

  They are dancing.

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• 我想要跳舞。

  Wǒ xiǎng yào tiào wǔ

  I'd like to dance.

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• 大家都在跳舞。

  Dà jiā dōu zài tiào wǔ

  Everybody was dancing.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 跳舞. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 跳tiàoHSK 3

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

• 舞wǔHSK 5

  to dance; to wield; to brandish

• 舞台wǔ táiHSK 3

  (lit. and fig.) stage; arena

• 舞蹈wǔ dǎoHSK 6

  dance (performance art); dancing

• 鼓舞gǔ wǔHSK 7

  heartening (news); to boost (morale)

• 跳跃tiào yuèHSK 7

  to jump; to leap; to bound; to skip

• 歌舞gē wǔHSK 7

  singing and dancing

• 跳动tiào dòngHSK 7

  to throb; to pulse; to bounce; to jiggle; to jump about

• 跳水tiào shuǐHSK 6

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

• 舞厅wǔ tīngHSK 7

  dance hall; ballroom

• 跳伞tiào sǎnHSK 7

  to parachute; to bail out; parachute jumping

• 跳槽tiào cáoHSK 7

  to change jobs; job-hopping

• 跳高tiào gāoHSK 3

  high jump (athletics)

• 跳远tiào yuǎnHSK 3

  long jump (athletics)