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排列

pái liè

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

排列 (pái liè) means "to arrange in order". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 排列 means

1. to arrange in order
2. mathpermutation

The characters in 排列

• 排páito arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel…
• 列lièto arrange; to line up; file

Example sentences

• 你能把这清单按字母顺序排列吗？
  Could you rearrange this list so it's in alphabetical order?
• 把一叠扑克牌的排列次序背熟，虽然绝不是一件易事，却也不是没有可能的。
  Bǎ yī dié pūkèpái de páiliè cìxù bèi shú, suīrán jué bù shì yī jiàn yì shì, què yě bù shì méiyǒu kěnéng de.
  Memorizing the order of a deck of playing cards is definitely not easy, but it's not impossible.

Where 排列 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Adjustment & change (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pái liè correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.