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Chinese symbol for “parachute”

跳伞
tiào sǎn
Traditional: 跳傘
to parachute; to bail out; parachute jumping

The closest CC-CEDICT match for parachute is 跳伞 (tiào sǎn), defined as: to parachute; to bail out; parachute jumping.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

跳 tiào
to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance
radical 157 ⾜ · 13 strokes
伞 sǎn
umbrella, parasol, parachute
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “parachute”

WordPinyinMeaning
降落伞 (降落傘)jiàng luò sǎnparachute

Related words

Other words that share a character with 跳伞.

WordPinyinMeaning
跳舞tiào wǔto dance
心跳xīn tiàoheartbeat; pulse
跳跃 (跳躍)tiào yuèto jump; to leap
跳动 (跳動)tiào dòngto throb; to pulse
跳出tiào chūto jump out; fig. to appear suddenly
跳水tiào shuǐto dive (into water); (sports) diving
雨伞 (雨傘)yǔ sǎnumbrella; measure word: 把 (bǎ)
伞兵 (傘兵)sǎn bīngparatrooper

See also: Japanese symbol for “parachute”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.