跳掣

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	switch
simp. and trad. (跳掣)		跳	掣
alternative forms		跳制

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu³ zai³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu³ zai³
    • Yale: tiu jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ t͡sɐi̯³³/

Verb

跳⫽掣 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, of a circuit breaker) to trip
2. (Cantonese, figuratively) to become crazy; to become insane

Synonyms

• (to trip): 跳閘／跳闸 (tiàozhá), 跳電／跳电