跳樓

See also: 跳楼

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
trad. (跳樓)		跳	樓
simp. (跳楼)		跳	楼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiàolóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu³ lau^4-2
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thiàu-lâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiao³ lao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiàolóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiàolóu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao⁴-lou²
    • Yale: tyàu-lóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiawlou
    • Palladius: тяолоу (tjaolou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ loʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu³ lau^4-2
    • Yale: tiu láu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ lau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ leo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu-lâu
    • Tâi-lô: thiàu-lâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiaolaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiau¹¹⁻⁵³ lau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiau²¹⁻⁴¹ lau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiao³ lao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiàu lâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ lau⁵⁵/

Verb

跳樓

1. to commit suicide by jumping from a building; to jump to one's death

   他最終承受不了殘酷的結果，跳樓自盡了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他最终承受不了残酷的结果，跳楼自尽了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zuìzhōng chéngshòu bùliǎo cánkù de jiéguǒ, tiàolóu zìjìn le. [Pinyin]

   He finally couldn't take the cruelty anymore and jumped to his death.

2. (figurative) to make drastic price cuts