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
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tiu³ seoi²

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): tiu³ sui²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiàu-chúi

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/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: tiu³ sui²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiu³² sui³⁵/
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)

to dive; to jump into water
to decrease speedily
(finance, of a stock) to plummet
(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

diving (jumping into water)

Derived terms

懸崖跳水 / 悬崖跳水 (“cliff diving”)