跳高

• 拼音: tiào gāo
• 汉字拆解: 跳 = 足 (foot) + 兆 (omen, phonetic); 高 = pictograph of a tall building or tower

含义

High jump. A track and field event where athletes jump over a horizontal bar set at increasing heights.

Primarily used as a sports term referring to the high jump event in athletics. Can also be used more casually to describe the activity of jumping high. It is a verb-object compound where 跳 means 'to jump' and 高 means 'high'.

例句

1. 他是学校跳高比赛的冠军。
2. 跳高运动员需要很好的弹跳力。
3. 我们下午有跳高训练。

用法指南

语境: sports, school, competition

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 她参加了学校的跳高比赛。(She entered the school high jump competition.)
• 跳高需要很好的技术。(The high jump requires good technique.)

错误说法

• 我喜欢在公园里跳高。(Don't use 跳高 for casual jumping around — it specifically refers to the high jump sport. For casual jumping, say 跳 or 跳来跳去.)

起源与历史

A verb-object compound: 跳 (to jump) + 高 (high). Directly describes the action of jumping for height, adopted as the standard Chinese term for the high jump event.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal