Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
排队
páiduì
Description
排队是指很多人站成一条线，一个跟着一个等待。
"排队" means many people stand in a line, one after another, waiting.
在银行、车站或商店买东西的时候，我们常常需要排队。
At banks, stations, or stores, we often need to 排队 when buying things.
Meanings
排队páiduì
to line up; to queue up
大家请排队上车。
Everyone, please line up to board the bus.
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Notes
- Etymology
排 (to arrange in a row) + 队 (line, queue), literally "arrange into a line."
- Nuance
a separable verb; you can say 排了半天队 (queued for a long time).
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