跳舞

tiàowǔ

to dance

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 2

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跳
舞

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跳
  • 跳tiàoto jumpB3
  • 跳高tiàogāo(athletics) high jumpB5
  • 跳远tiàoyuǎnlong jump (athletics)B5
  • 跳水tiàoshuǐto dive (into water)B6
  • 跳槽tiàocáoto leave one's job to take up a position eB7
  • 跳动tiàodòngto throbB7
  • 跳伞tiàosǎnto parachuteB7
舞
  • 舞蹈wǔdǎodance (performance art)B5
  • 舞台wǔtái(lit. and fig.) stageB5
  • 鼓舞gǔwǔto inspireB6
  • 歌舞gēwǔsinging and dancingB7
  • 挥舞huīwǔto brandishB7
  • 舞wǔto danceB7

See it in sentences

我们去跳舞吧。

Let us go dancing.

她跳舞很好看。

She dances very well.