排队
pái duì
Pinyin

Definition

排队
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pái duì
  1. to line up

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

排名
pái míng
  1. 1 to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
  2. 2 ranking
安排
ān pái
  1. 1 to arrange
  2. 2 to plan
  3. 3 to set up
  4. 4 arrangements
  5. 5 plans
彩排
cǎi pái
  1. 1 dress rehearsal
排
pái
  1. 1 a row
  2. 2 a line
  3. 3 to set in order
  4. 4 to arrange
  5. 5 to line up
  6. 6 to eliminate
  7. 7 to drain
  8. 8 to push open
  9. 9 platoon
  10. 10 raft
  11. 11 classifier for lines, rows etc
排便
pái biàn
  1. 1 to defecate
排出
pái chū
  1. 1 to discharge
排毒
pái dú
  1. 1 to expel poison (from the system)
  2. 2 to detox
排球
pái qiú
  1. 1 volleyball
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
排练
pái liàn
  1. 1 to rehearse
  2. 2 rehearsal
排行
pái háng
  1. 1 to rank
  2. 2 ranking
  3. 3 seniority (among siblings)
排行榜
pái háng bǎng
  1. 1 the charts (of best-sellers)
  2. 2 table of ranking
排除
pái chú
  1. 1 to eliminate
  2. 2 to remove
  3. 3 to exclude
  4. 4 to rule out
排队
pái duì
  1. 1 to line up
排骨
pái gǔ
  1. 1 pork chop
  2. 2 pork cutlet
  3. 3 spare ribs
  4. 4 (coll.) skinny person
牛排
niú pái
  1. 1 steak
一排
yī pái
  1. 1 row
并排
bìng pái
  1. 1 side by side
  2. 2 abreast
大排档
dà pái dàng
  1. 1 food stall
  2. 2 open-air restaurant
大排长龙
dà pái cháng lóng
  1. 1 to form a long queue (idiom)
  2. 2 (of cars) to be bumper to bumper
女排
nu:3 pái
  1. 1 women's volleyball
  2. 2 abbr. for 女子排球

Idioms (5)

力排众议
lì pái zhòng yì
  1. 1 to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom)
大排长龙
dà pái cháng lóng
  1. 1 to form a long queue (idiom)
  2. 2 (of cars) to be bumper to bumper
排山倒海
pái shān dǎo hǎi
  1. 1 lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 fig. gigantic
  3. 3 of spectacular significance
排忧解难
pái yōu jiě nàn
  1. 1 to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
排难解纷
pái nàn jiě fēn
  1. 1 to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom); to reconcile differences

Sample Sentences

充电的地方要排队，充电时人不能离开手机。
chōngdiàn de dìfang yào páiduì ，chōngdiàn shí rén bùnéng líkāi shǒujī 。
You have to line up to charge your phone and you can't leave it while its charging.
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嗯...十二点二十有一场，我们去排队吧。
ng4 ...shíèr diǎn èrshí yǒu yì chǎng ，wǒmen qù páiduì ba 。
Yes...there's one at 12:20, let's go line up.
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这个人看到有人排队，不管三七二十一就跟着排队。
zhè ge rén kàndào yǒurén páiduì ，bùguǎn sān qī èrshíyī jiù gēn zhe páiduì 。
When ever this guys sees people queuing, he just queues up without thinking twice about it.
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每次海关检查都这么多人排队，看着就累了。
měicì hǎiguān jiǎnchá dōu zhème duō rén páiduì ，kàn zhe jiù lèi le 。
Every time we go through customs inspection there's always so many people queuing, just looking at it makes you tired.
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排队入关，然后还要去取行李，那也得等很久。
páiduì rùguān ，ránhòu hái yào qù qǔ xíngli ，nà yě děi děng hěnjiǔ 。
You have to line up for immigration, then you also have to go and get your luggage too, where you also have to wait ages as well.
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呵呵...我知道你人最好了，一定会帮忙的，虽然早上六点就要去排队，但是你知道我也一定会报答你的，对不对？好嘛、好嘛？
hēhē ...wǒ zhīdào nǐ rén zuì hǎo le ，yídìng huì bāngmáng de ，suīrán zǎoshang liù diǎn jiùyào qù páiduì ，dànshì nǐ zhīdào wǒ yě yídìng huì bàodá nǐ de ，duìbuduì ？hǎo ma 、hǎo ma ？
Haha... I know what a nice person you are and that you'd be happy to help, although you have to start queuing at six in the morning. But you know I'll pay you back the favor, yeah? Please? Please?
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我们可以考虑做一个手机APP，通过移动互联方式改变排队就医的问题。比如说开发一个产品，能实现线上挂号、缴费、查看检查报告等等功能。
wǒmen kěyǐ kǎolǜ zuò yī gè shǒujī APP ，tōngguò Yídòng hùlián fāngshì gǎibiàn páiduì jiùyī de wèntí 。bǐrúshuō kāifā yī gè chǎnpǐn ，néng shíxiàn xiànshàng guàhào 、jiǎofèi 、chákàn jiǎnchá bàogào děngdeng gōngnéng 。
We could think about making a mobile app, using mobile internet to resolve the issue of having to line up at the doctor's office. For example we could develop a product that could make an appointment online as well as allowing people to pay fees and see the results of the health checks online.
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请两位快点准备吧。后面还有人排队呢。
qǐng liǎng wèi kuài diǎn zhǔnbèi ba 。hòumian hái yǒu rén páiduì ne 。
Get ready, you two. There are people lined up behind you.
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耶！怎么这么多人啊？！什么都要排队。
yē ！zěnme zhème duō rén ā ？！shénme dōu yào páiduì 。
Yippee! Why is there so many people? You have to line up for everything.
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可是排队的人太多了，估计要排上两个小时。
kěshì páiduì de rén tài duō le ，gūjì yào pái shàng liǎng gè xiǎoshí 。
But there is too many people in the line-up. I estimate it would be two hours in the line-up.
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