跳舞
tiào wǔ
Pinyin

Definition

跳舞
 - 
tiào wǔ
  1. to dance

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

心跳
xīn tiào
  1. 1 heartbeat
  2. 2 pulse
舞
wǔ
  1. 1 to dance
  2. 2 to wield
  3. 3 to brandish
舞台
wǔ tái
  1. 1 stage
  2. 2 arena
  3. 3 fig. in the limelight
舞蹈
wǔ dǎo
  1. 1 dance (performance art)
  2. 2 dancing
跳
tiào
  1. 1 to jump
  2. 2 to hop
  3. 3 to skip over
  4. 4 to bounce
  5. 5 to palpitate

Idioms (20)

张牙舞爪
zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo
  1. 1 to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
徇私舞弊
xùn sī wǔ bì
  1. 1 to abuse one's position for personal gain (idiom)
心怦怦跳
xīn pēng pēng tiào
  1. 1 The heart thumps wildly. (idiom)
心惊肉跳
xīn jīng ròu tiào
  1. 1 lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
手舞足蹈
shǒu wǔ zú dǎo
  1. 1 hands dance and feet trip (idiom); dancing and gesticulating for joy

Sample Sentences

小学时候我们班就有三类人：“仙人”就是那种看各种高端怪书的奇葩（比如卡尔维诺的《宇宙奇趣全集》）；“完人”这种人会跳舞会唱歌会主持节目会各种乐器，还奥数好英语好钢琴八级；还有一种人没啥当，只好当“井货”（横竖都是二）。
xiǎoxué shíhou wǒmen bān jiù yǒu sān lèi rén ：“xiānrén ”jiùshì nàzhǒng kàn gèzhǒng gāoduān guài shū de qípā （bǐrú kǎ ěr wéi nuò de 《yǔzhòu qíqù quánjí 》）；“wánrén ”zhèzhǒng rén huì tiàowǔ huì chànggē huì zhǔchí jiémù huì gèzhǒng yuèqì ，hái ÀoShù hǎo Yīngyǔ hǎo gāngqín bā jí ；háiyǒu yīzhǒng rén méi shá dāng ，zhǐhǎo dāng “jǐng huò ”（héngshu dōu shì èr ）。
There were three kinds of people in my elementary school: the Merlin - nerds who read all kinds of wired high-end books (like Calvino’s Trolltech Universe Collection); the Paragon - the kids who could sing, dance, host games, play instruments, were good at all subjects, and could play piano like a professional; what was left were those kids who couldn’t be either, so they could only be “lol"s (It is lol either way).
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瞧瞧，才说他任性，现在要跳舞了。您老跳啥啊？
qiáo qiao ，cái shuō tā rènxìng ，xiànzài yào tiàowǔ le 。nínlǎo tiào shá ā ？
Looky here. I just said you were headstrong. Now you want to dance. What dance will you do?
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保证不会，虽然是看表演，但是整场气氛都很热络，而且最后还会有千人共舞，所有人绕着舞台一起跳舞，真的超好玩！
bǎozhèng bùhuì ，suīrán shì kàn biǎoyǎn ，dànshì zhěng chǎng qìfen dōu hěn rèluò ，érqiě zuìhòu hái huì yǒu qiānrén gòngwǔ ，suǒyǒurén rào zhe wǔtái yīqǐ tiàowǔ ，zhēnde chāo hǎowán ！
I guarantee it won't be boring. Although it's just watching performances, the entire atmosphere is electric and at the end there's a collective dance, with everyone dancing together around the stage, it's really good fun!
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来吧!公园那儿很热闹，有的人跳舞，有的人在下象棋。
lái ba !gōngyuán nàr hěn rènao ，yǒu de rén tiàowǔ ，yǒu de rén zài xià xiàngqí 。
Come on! The park is very lively, some people dance, some people play chess.
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我等一下要去跳舞，你想去吗？
wǒ děng yīxià yào qù tiàowǔ ，nǐ xiǎng qù ma ？
I'm going to go dancing in a bit, do you want to go?
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当然有福利啊，是天大的福利，我最爱的’他‘对着那个女生跳舞呢！如果上去的是我，那就真的死而无憾了，真希望能死在他们怀里，这样人生多么圆满。
dāngrán yǒu fúlì ā ，shì tiāndà de fúlì ，wǒ zuìài de ’tā ‘duì zhe nàge nǚshēng tiàowǔ ne ！rúguǒ shàngqu de shì wǒ ，nā jiù zhēnde sǐérwúhàn le ，zhēn xīwàng néng sǐ zài tāmen huáilǐ ，zhèyàng rénshēng duōme yuánmǎn 。
Of course you get things, it's the best thing ever, the guy I really love danced with the girl! If it had been me who'd gone up, I would be able to die without regrets, I'd love to die in their arms, then my life would be complete.
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那别的才艺班呢？我看很多家长都送孩子去学跳舞、画画什么的，但我总担心孩子太早学这些有的没的，压力太大，反而没了学习的兴致。
nà biéde cáiyì ne ？wǒ kàn hěn duō jiāzhǎng dōu sòng háizi qù xué tiàowǔ 、huàhuà shénme de ，dàn wǒ zǒng dānxīn háizi tài zǎo xué zhèxiē yǒudeméide ，yālì tàidà ，fǎnér méi le xuéxí de xìngzhì 。
What about other extracurricular classes? I know lots of parents send their kids to learn dance, art and things like that, but I always worry that if children study these things too soon, they'll be under too much pressure and lose interest in studying them.
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跳舞
tiàowǔ
to dance
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是啊，明天，学跳舞。
shì a ，míngtiān ，xué tiàowǔ 。
Yes, tomorrow, she studies dance.
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女孩子学跳舞好啊！
nǚháizi xué tiàowǔ hǎo a ！
It's good for girls to study dance!
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