跳童

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	boy; child; children
simp. and trad. (跳童)		跳	童

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thiàu-thùng

(Hailu, HRS): tiau tung
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiàu-tâng

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiàu-thùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: tiau^ˇ tung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tiau² tung²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯au̯¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tiau tung
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰiau⁵⁵ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Lukang, Taipei, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu-tâng
  - Tâi-lô: thiàu-tâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiao'daang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ taŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Lukang): /tʰiau³¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁴² taŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ taŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /tʰiau¹²⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/

Noun

跳童

(Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) sorcerer's dance in a trance (as possessed by spirits or gods)

Synonyms

跳神 (tiàoshén)

Verb

跳童

(Xiamen, Singapore and Taiwanese Hokkien, religion) to be possessed by spiritual entities and start dancing and prophesying (of a spirit medium)

Synonyms

上乩 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
上童 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
起乩 (qǐjī)
起童 (Hokkien)
趒童 (Hokkien)
降乩 (jiàngjī)

References

“跳童”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
“Entry #15450”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.