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
Min Nan (POJ): thiàu-hái

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiàohǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄏㄞˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiawhae
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tiu³ hoi²
  - Yale: tiu hói
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ hoi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ hoi²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ hɔːi̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu-hái
  - Tâi-lô: thiàu-hái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiao'hae
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ haɪ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ haɪ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ haɪ⁴¹/

Verb

跳海

to jump into the sea; to dive into the sea
跳海救人 ― tiàohǎi jiùrén ― to jump into the sea to rescue someone
(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to commit suicide by jumping into the sea

Synonyms

(to commit suicide): 跳水 (tiàoshuǐ)

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