跳绳 (tiào shéng) — (verb-object) to skip rope, to jump rope; (noun…

Definition

跳绳 is a separable verb-object compound: both the activity ('to skip rope') and the physical object ('jump rope'). Split for aspect/particles: 跳了五分钟绳.

verb

(verb-object) to skip ropeto jump rope

noun

jump rope (the rope or the activity)

Measure word · 根

跳绳。
Wǒ men měi tiān zǎo shàng dōu tiào shéng bàn xiǎo shí.
We skip rope for half an hour every morning.
，。
Tā zuó tiān tiào le wǔ bǎi cì shéng, lèi dé bù xíng.
He jumped rope five hundred times yesterday and was exhausted.
跳绳。
Xué xiào mǎi le hěn duō xīn tiào shéng.
The school bought a lot of new jump ropes.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

跳 means jump and 绳 means rope; together they refer to jumping with a rope.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

足足zúfoot

Sound part声符shēngfú

兆

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

跳 pairs 足 (foot) with 兆, which supplies the sound; the foot part shows the action is done with the feet.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 繩; 绳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mì

Sound part声符shēngfú

黽

黽mǐn繩shéng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 繩 is built from 糸, the rope/string part, and 黽, the sound part.

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