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排队

pái duì · pai dui

Traditional 排隊

HSK 2Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to line up
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The long line

  1. Dengdeng

    这家(zhèjiā)店(diàn)排队(páiduì)的(de)人(rén)真(zhēn)多(duō)。

    There are so many people queueing at this shop.

  2. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)排队(páiduì)吧(ba)，听说(tīngshuō)很(hěn)好吃(hǎochī)。

    Let us queue. I heard it is very tasty.

  3. Dengdeng

    前面(qiánmiàn)有(yǒu)三十个(sānshígè)人(rén)，排队(páiduì)要(yào)一个(yīgè)小时(xiǎoshí)。

    There are thirty people ahead. Queueing takes an hour.

  4. Liangliang

    一个(yīgè)小时(xiǎoshí)？我们(wǒmen)去(qù)隔壁(gébì)吧(ba)。

    An hour? Let us go next door.

  5. Dengdeng

    隔壁(gébì)没(méi)人(rén)排队(páiduì)，味道(wèidao)肯定(kěndìng)不好(bùhǎo)。

    Nobody queues next door. It surely does not taste good.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)排队(páiduì)，一边(yībiān)排队(páiduì)一边(yībiān)聊天(liáotiān)。

    Then we queue and chat while queueing.

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)到(dào)银(yín)行(háng)去(qù)，很(hěn)幸(xìng)运(yùn)地(de)不(bú)必(bì)排(pái)队(duì)。

I got to the bank and luckily didn't have to get in line.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by peterius · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

周(zhōu)末(mò)超(chāo)市(shì)里(lǐ)人(rén)很(hěn)多(duō)，大(dà)家(jiā)排(pái)队(duì)等(děng)着(zhe)结(jié)账(zhàng)。

The supermarket is crowded on weekends, and everyone lines up waiting to pay.

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排
pái

a row; a line

队
duì

squadron; team

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