跳童

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	boy; child; children
simp. and trad. (跳童)		跳	童

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thiàu-thùng

  (Hailu, HRS): tiau tung

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiàu-tâng

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiàu-thùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tiau^ˇ tung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tiau² tung²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯au̯¹¹ tʰuŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: tiau tung
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰiau⁵⁵ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Lukang, Taipei, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu-tâng
    • Tâi-lô: thiàu-tâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiao'daang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ taŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Lukang): /tʰiau³¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁴² taŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ taŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /tʰiau¹²⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴/

Noun

跳童

1. (Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) sorcerer's dance in a trance (as possessed by spirits or gods)

Synonyms

• 跳神 (tiàoshén)

Verb

跳童

1. (Xiamen, Singapore and Taiwanese Hokkien, religion) to be possessed by spiritual entities and start dancing and prophesying (of a spirit medium)

Synonyms

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• 上童 (Hokkien)
• 起乩 (qǐjī)
• 起童 (Hokkien)
• 趒童 (Hokkien)
• 降乩 (jiàngjī)

References

• “Entry #6748”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “Entry #15450”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.