跳远

• Pinyin: tiào yuǎn
• Hanzi breakdown: 跳 = 足 (foot) + 兆 (omen, phonetic); 远 = 辶 (movement) + 元 (origin, phonetic)

Meaning

Long jump. A track and field event where athletes jump as far forward as possible from a running start.

Primarily a sports term referring to the long jump event in athletics competitions. Like 跳高, it is a verb-object compound. Used in school physical education and professional athletics contexts.

Examples

1. 跳远是他最擅长的运动项目。 The long jump is the sport he is best at.
2. 今天体育课我们练习跳远。 We are practising the long jump in PE class today.
3. 她在跳远比赛中获得了第一名。 She won first place in the long jump competition.

Usage Guide

Context: sports, school, competition

Tone: neutral

Do Say

• 他跳远跳了五米多。(He jumped over five metres in the long jump.)
• 学校运动会有跳远比赛。(The school sports day has a long jump competition.)

Don't Say

• 我跳远到了商店。(Don't use 跳远 to mean jumping a long distance to somewhere — it only refers to the sport. For jumping far, say 跳得很远.)

Origin & History

A verb-object compound: 跳 (to jump) + 远 (far). Directly describes the action of jumping for distance, the standard Chinese term for the long jump event.

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal