跳槽

跳槽

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	manger; trough; groove
simp. and trad. (跳槽)		跳	槽
Literally: “to jump the trough”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiàocáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄘㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu³ cou⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): thiàu-chô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiàocáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄘㄠˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiawtsaur
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiàocáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄘㄠˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiawtsaurl
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaʊɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu³ cou⁴
    • Yale: tiu chòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu³ tsou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu³ cou⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯³³ t͡sʰou̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiàu-chô
    • Tâi-lô: thiàu-tsô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiaozooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡so²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡so²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡so¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡so²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɤ²³/

Verb

跳槽

1. (archaic, original meaning, of a beast of burden) to rush to snatch food in the feeding trough of another animal; to jump from one's manger
2. (figuratively, common in Ming/Qing-era novels, especially of a brothel client) to abandon the old for the new in love relationships
3. (figuratively, main modern meaning) to change to a better job; to move from one job or career to another voluntarily