跳房子

tiàofángzi
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 hopscotch
  2. 2 to play hopscotch

Examples

HSK 4
Nǚ'ér fàngxué huí jiā jiù lā zhe wǒ tiàofángzi.
My daughter comes home from school and drags me into a hopscotch game.
HSK 7-9
Xiǎoshíhou wǒmen zài dìshang huà gézi tiàofángzi.
When we were kids we'd chalk squares on the ground and play hopscotch.

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 跳间 and 跳方阵. Now serves as a nostalgia marker for the pre-smartphone generation.

Stroke Order

tiào
fáng