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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tiàolóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiawlou
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ loʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tiu³ lau^4-2
  - Yale: tiu láu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ lau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ leo²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ lɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

跳樓

to commit suicide by jumping off 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.
(figuratively) to make drastic price cuts

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