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跳越 (tiào yuè) — to jump over, to leap across (an obstacle or gap)

Definition

A compound verb (跳 'jump' + 越 'surmount') for physically leaping over an obstacle or gap — more emphatic than the simpler 跳, which only means 'to jump'.

verb
to jump overto leap across (an obstacle or gap)

Examples

  • 跳越。
    Tā qīng sōng dì tiào yuè le nà dào zhà lan.
    He easily jumped over that fence.
  • 跳越。
    Yùn dòng yuán xū yào tiào yuè duō gè zhàng ài wù.
    Athletes need to leap across multiple obstacles.
  • 跳越。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù yāo qiú xuǎn shǒu tiào yuè yì tiáo liǎng mǐ kuān de gōu.
    This event requires competitors to jump over a two-meter-wide ditch.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

跳tiàojump
越yuècross over

The sense of 跳 jumping joins 越 crossing over to mean jump over.

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
兆zhào跳tiào
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.

Open 跳 →

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
走走zǒuto walk or run
Sound part声符shēngfú
戉
戉yuè越yuè
Same sound today

越 is built from 走 (to walk or run) and 戉 (which supplies the sound); the 走 part shows the idea of going over or crossing.

Open 越 →
Appears in
Sports & Athletics

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