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排队

pái duì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 排隊

排队 (pái duì) means "to line up". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 排队 means

1. to line up

The characters in 排队

• 排páito arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel…
• 队duìsquadron; team; group

Example sentences

• 您必须排队。
  You have to wait in line.
• 他们排队等公车。
  They waited in line for the bus.
• 许多人在排队等候。
  Many people were waiting in line.
• 他是排队的第一个。
  He was the first in line.
• 老师按照身高给孩子们排队。
  Lǎoshī ànzhào shēngāo gěi háizimen páiduì.
  The teacher lined the children up in order of height.
• 贝内迪托与排队的粉丝们击掌。
  Benedito gave out high fives to fans in the queue.

Where 排队 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sports & Physical Activity (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pái duì correctly.
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