Line up in Chinese (Mandarin): 排队 (páiduì)
排队
páiduì
line up
- Simplified
- 排队
- Traditional
- 排隊
- Pinyin
- páiduì
- Typed as
- paidui
Use it in a sentence
我们排队去操场。
我們排隊去操場。
We line up to go to the playground.
The characters in 排队
排
To put in a row. 扌 (hand) is on the left.
11 strokes
队 / 隊
A line, a team.
4 strokes
排队 is "make a line". Cutting in line is 插队 (chā duì), and a team is 队 too: 球队 (qiúduì).
More examples with 排队
我们排队上车。
我們排隊上車。
Wǒmen páiduì shàng chē.
We line up to get on the bus.
小朋友在排队买冰淇淋。
小朋友在排隊買冰淇淋。
Xiǎopéngyou zài páiduì mǎi bīngqílín.
The children line up for ice cream.
How to write 排队 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
排 11 strokes
队 4 strokes
In Traditional characters:
隊 11 strokes
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