跳槽

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	manger; trough; groove
simp. and trad. (跳槽)		跳	槽
Literally: “to jump the trough”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiàocáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄘㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu³ cou⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thiàu-chô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiao³ zo⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵thiau ⁶zau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiàocáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄘㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiàocáo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao⁴-tsʻao²
    • Yale: tyàu-tsáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiawtsaur
    • Palladius: тяоцао (tjaocao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiàocáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄘㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiàocáor
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao⁴-tsʻao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: tyàu-tsáur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiawtsaurl
    • Palladius: тяоцаор (tjaocaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu³ cou⁴
    • Yale: tiu chòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ tsou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ cou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ t͡sʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu-chô
    • Tâi-lô: thiàu-tsô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiaozooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡so²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡so²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡so¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡so²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɤ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiao³ zo⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiàu tsô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡so⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵thiau ⁶zau
    • MiniDict: thiau^去 zau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thiau ³zau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰiɔ⁴⁴  zɔ²³/

Verb

跳槽

1. (archaic, original meaning, of a beast of burden) to rush to snatch food in the feeding trough of another animal; to jump from one's manger
2. (figurative, common in Ming/Qing-era novels, especially of a brothel client) to abandon the old for the new in love relationships
3. (figurative, main modern meaning) to change to a better job; to move from one job or career to another voluntarily; to job-hop