跳房子

tiàofángzi
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 hopscotch
  2. 2 to play hopscotch

Examples

Xiǎoshíhou wǒmen zài dìshang huà gézi tiào fángzi.
When we were kids we'd chalk squares on the ground and play hopscotch.
Nǚ'ér fàngxué huí jiā jiù lāzhe wǒ tiào fángzi.
My daughter comes home from school and drags me into a hopscotch game.

Tips

culture
A classic 80s–90s Chinese schoolyard game, often played with chalk-drawn grids and a stone or sandbag (沙包). Regional variants include and 方阵. Now serves as a nostalgia marker for the pre-smartphone generation.

Stroke Order

tiào
fáng