Usage note
操场用来指学校里的运动场地，孩子们经常在这里玩耍和做体育活动。
cāochǎng yòng lái zhǐ xuéxiào lǐ de yùndòng dìchǎng, érzi gèng jīng chén zài zhèlǐ wánshuǎ hé zuò tǐyù huódòng。
操场 is used to refer to the sports field in school. Children often play and do sports there.
Context note
操场常见于学校、公园或社区中心，是进行体育活动的好地方。
cāochǎng jìncán yú xuéxiào, gōngyuán huò qūshè zhōngxīn, shì jìn hái tǐyù huódòng de hǎo dìfāng。
操场 is commonly found in schools, parks, or community centers, a good place for sports activities.
5 examples
我们经常在操场上踢足球。
wǒ men jīng cháng zài cāo chǎng shàng tī zú qiú。
We often play football on the playground.
孩子们喜欢在操场上跑步。
hái zi men xǐ huan zài cāo chǎng shàng pǎo bù。
Children like to run on the playground.
老师让我们去操场做早操。
lǎo shī ràng wǒ men qù cāo chǎng zuò zǎo cāo。
The teacher tells us to do morning exercises on the playground.
操场上有很多小朋友在玩耍。
cāo chǎng shàng yǒu hěn duō xiǎo péng yǒu zài wán shuǎ。
There are many children playing on the playground.
我们学校的操场很大。
wǒ men xué xiào de cāo chǎng hěn dà。
Our school's playground is very large.
5 mini stories
小明每天早上都会去操场跑步。
xiǎo míng měi tiān zǎo shàng dōu huì qù cāo chǎng pǎo bù。
Xiaoming runs on the playground every morning.
昨天下午，我们在操场上踢了场友谊赛。
zuó tiān xià wǔ， wǒ men zài cāo chǎng shàng tī le chǎng yǒu yì sài。
Yesterday afternoon, we played a friendly match on the playground.
操场上经常举办运动会。
cāo chǎng shàng jīng cháng jǔ bàn yùn dòng huì。
The playground often hosts sports meetings.
妈妈让我去操场找小华玩。
mā ma ràng wǒ qù cāo chǎng zhǎo xiǎo huá wán。
Mom asks me to go to the playground to play with Xiaohua.
操场上还有许多健身器材可以使用。
cāo chǎng shàng hái yǒu xǔ duō jiàn shēn qì cái kě yǐ shǐ yòng。
There are also many fitness equipment on the playground that can be used.
Mini dialogue
去操场玩
A
下课了，我们去操场踢足球吧！
Xiàkè le, wǒmen qù cāochǎng tī zúqiú ba!
Class is over, let's go to the playground to play football!
B
太好了，操场现在人多吗？
Tài hǎo le, cāochǎng xiànzài rén duō ma?
Great, is the playground crowded now?
在操场跑步
A
每天早上我都在操场跑步。
Měitiān zǎoshang wǒ dōu zài cāochǎng pǎobù.
I run on the sports field every morning.
B
你真棒，明天我也去操场跑。
Nǐ zhēn bàng, míngtiān wǒ yě qù cāochǎng pǎo.
You are great, I will also go to the sports field to run tomorrow.
Related words and contrasts
similar
运动场
yùndòngchǎng
sports ground
运动场 is a general sports field; 操场 is usually the school playground.
contrast
游乐场
yóulèchǎng
playground; amusement park
游乐场 is for fun and games; 操场 is for sports and exercise.