跳海

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (跳海)		跳	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiàohǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu³ hoi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiàu-hái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiàohǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiàohǎi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao⁴-hai³
    • Yale: tyàu-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiawhae
    • Palladius: тяохай (tjaoxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu³ hoi²
    • Yale: tiu hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ hɔːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu-hái
    • Tâi-lô: thiàu-hái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiao'hae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ hai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁴¹ hai⁴¹/

Verb

跳海

1. to jump into the sea; to dive into the sea

   跳海救人  ―  tiàohǎi jiùrén  ―  to jump into the sea to rescue someone

2. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to commit suicide by jumping into the sea

Synonyms

• (to commit suicide): 跳水 (tiàoshuǐ)

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