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

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

(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
(figuratively, common in Ming/Qing-era novels, especially of a brothel client) to abandon the old for the new in love relationships
(figuratively, main modern meaning) to change to a better job; to move from one job or career to another voluntarily

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