HSK 4 · Verbs

排队 páiduì “to line up” in Chinese

Traditional 排隊

What 排队 means

  1. to line up

How to say 排队

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale排pái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale队duì4th tone, falling

排队 in a sentence

  1. 您必须排队。

    Nín bìxū páiduì.

    You have to queue.

    Sentence #401371 from Tatoeba

  2. 他是排队的第一个。

    Tā shì páiduì de dìyī ge.

    He was first in the queue.

    Sentence #13754992 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我到银行去，很幸运地不必排队。

    Wǒ dào yínháng qù, hěn xìngyùn de búbì páiduì.

    I went to the bank and luckily didn’t have to queue.

    Sentence #4262156 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 排队 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 排 (pái) with each of its parts in a different colour
排páito arrange in order; to line up
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 非wrong · fēiSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 非 (fēi) hints at the sound. Compare it with pái.

The character 队 (duì) with each of its parts in a different colour
队duìsquadron
  • 阝place
  • 人person · rén

How to write 排队

排 11 strokes · 队 4 strokes

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排队 (páiduì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 排队 (páiduì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 排队

Words with 排

排pái · to line up安排ānpái · to arrange排列páiliè · to arrange in order排斥páichì · to exclude排除páichú · to rule out排练páiliàn · to rehearse排放páifàng · to discharge

Words with 队

队duì · team队伍duìwu · ranks军队jūnduì · army

More words: Common Verbs

留liú · to stay免费miǎnfèi · free (of charge)迷路mílù · to lose the way弄nòng · to do排列páiliè · to arrange in order陪péi · to accompany骗piàn · to cheat破pò · broken

FAQs

排队 (páiduì) means “to line up”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it páiduì: pái with a 2nd tone, then duì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 排队 is written 排隊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type paidui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 排队 from the suggestions. Typing paidui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
排队 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.