跳樑

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	beam of roof
trad. (跳樑/跳梁)		跳	樑/梁
simp. (跳梁)		跳	梁
alternative forms		跳踉

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiàoliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu³ loeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiàu-niû / thiàu-niô͘ / thiàu-liông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiàoliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiàoliáng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao⁴-liang²
    • Yale: tyàu-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiawliang
    • Palladius: тяолян (tjaoljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu³ loeng⁴
    • Yale: tiu lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ lœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu-niû
    • Tâi-lô: thiàu-niû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiaoniuu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ niũ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ niũ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu-niô͘
    • Tâi-lô: thiàu-niôo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ niɔ̃¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu-liông
    • Tâi-lô: thiàu-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiaolioong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dew ljang

Rime
Character	跳	樑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	徒聊切	呂章切
Baxter	dew	ljang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deu/	/lɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/deu/	/liɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/deu/	/liɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛw/	/lɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/deu/	/liaŋ/
Wang Li	/dieu/	/lĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱieu/	/li̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiáo	liáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu4	loeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤew  raŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeːws|l'eːw  raŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	跳	樑
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tiào	liáng
Middle Chinese	‹ dew ›	‹ ljang ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁew/	/*raŋ/
English	jump	beam; bridge
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跳	跳	樑
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	16887	16888	1648
Phonetic component	兆	兆	刅
Rime group	宵	宵	陽
Rime subdivision	2	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	糶	迢	良
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰeːws/	/*l'eːw/	/*raŋ/

Adjective

跳樑

1. base; mean; bossy; domineering
2. bouncing and vivacious

Verb

跳樑

1. to revolt; to rebel; to defy the authorities
2. to leap

Derived terms

• 跳樑小丑 / 跳梁小丑 (tiàoliángxiǎochǒu)