Dance in Chinese (Mandarin): 跳舞 (tiàowǔ)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 跳舞

• 跳

  To jump. 足 (foot) is on the left.

  13 strokes

• 舞

  Dance.

  14 strokes

跳舞 is "jump dance": tiào is fourth tone, falling, and wǔ is third, dipping low.

More examples with 跳舞

• 我喜欢跳舞。

  我喜歡跳舞。

  Wǒ xǐhuan tiàowǔ.

  I like to dance.

• 小朋友在跳舞。

  Xiǎopéngyou zài tiàowǔ.

  The children are dancing.

How to write 跳舞 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.