"jump" meaning in Chinese

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Verb

IPA: /t͡sɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɐm⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: zam¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], jām [Cantonese, Yale], dzam¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], zem¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English jump. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|jump}} English jump Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} jump
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, euphemistic) to commit suicide by jumping from a building; to jump to one's death Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, euphemistic, neologism Synonyms: 跳樓/跳楼 (tiàolóu), 跳樓 (tiàolóu), 跳楼 (tiàolóu)
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          "roman": "tiàolóu",
          "word": "跳樓/跳楼"
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      "zh-pron": "jām"
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      "zh-pron": "dzam¹"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "zem¹"
    },
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      "word": "跳樓/跳楼"
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      "word": "跳樓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiàolóu",
      "word": "跳楼"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jump"
}

Download raw JSONL data for jump meaning in Chinese (1.6kB)

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