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Chinese symbol for “skip”

跳绳
tiào shéng
Traditional: 跳繩
to jump rope; to skip; a skipping rope; a jump rope

The closest CC-CEDICT match for skip is 跳绳 (tiào shéng), defined as: to jump rope; to skip; a skipping rope; a jump rope.

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
绳 shéng
string, rope, cord; to control
radical 120 ⽷ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “skip”

WordPinyinMeaning
跳跃 (跳躍)tiào yuèto jump; to leap
跳过 (跳過)tiào guòto jump over; to skip (a step, chapter etc)
略过 (略過)lüè guòto pass over; to skip
旷 (曠)kuàngto neglect; to skip (class or work)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 跳绳.

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
绳子 (繩子)shéng zicord; string; rope; 条 (tiáo)
绳索 (繩索)shéng suǒrope

See also: Japanese symbol for “skip”.

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.

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