队 (duì) - Team & line

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duì ｜ 4 strokes ｜ radical: 阝

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队 · duì

Team;

line;

queue;

group;

formation;

a unit of people or things.

Teamlinequeue

Usage highlights

TeamQueueArmyBasketball teamFire brigadeLeader

Synonyms

  • 组— group
  • 群— crowd, group

Antonyms

  • 散— scatter, disperse
  • 独— alone, solitary

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Please stand in line (排队).
  • Our basketball team won (篮球队).
  • The army formation was impressive (军队 formation).
  • He joined the fire brigade (消防队).

Collocations

  • Team(队伍)
  • Queue(排队)
  • Army(军队)
  • Basketball team(篮球队)
  • Fire brigade(消防队)
  • Leader(队长)

Idioms

  • Form a line(列队)
  • Stand in formation(成队)
  • Break ranks(离队)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Originally depicted a person falling from a height, later simplified and borrowed to mean a group or line.
  • In modern usage, it is fundamental to concepts of organization, from military units to sports teams.

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