九宫格

九宮格

jiǔgōnggé

noun

Measure Word

一个九宫格 gè

Meanings

1 3-by-3 grid
2 tic-tac-toe layout
3 (modern) nine-square photo collage (popular on social media)

Characters

grid / square / pattern

Examples

她在朋友圈发了一组九宫格照片。

Tā zài péngyouquān fāle yī zǔ jiǔgōnggé zhàopiàn.

She posted a nine-square photo collage on WeChat Moments.

重庆九宫格火锅最有名。

Chóngqìng jiǔgōnggé huǒguō zuì yǒumíng.

Chongqing's nine-grid hotpot is the most famous.

Tips

culture

The 3×3 layout shows up everywhere: (1) the calligraphy practice grid, (2) sudoku and tic-tac-toe, (3) Chongqing 九宫格火锅 — a hotpot pot divided into nine compartments so different broths and ingredients don't mix, (4) the standard nine-photo grid on WeChat Moments (朋友圈 péngyouquān) and Instagram, often planned visually before posting.

memory

九 (nine) + 宫 (palace/cell) + 格 (grid square) — literally a 'nine-cell grid'.

Stroke Order

九 jiǔ

宫 gōng

格 gé