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带队 (dài duì) — to lead a team or group; to guide a tour group

Definition

带队 means leading a team in a task or competition, emphasizing being in charge as the team goes somewhere. Compare 领队 (the role/title of group leader) and 带头 (taking the initiative by going first).

verb
to lead a team or groupto guide a tour group

Examples

  • 带队。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù yóu tā dài duì.
    He is leading this project.
  • 。
    Tā céng jīng dài guò yí cì hěn zhòng yào de duì.
    He once led a very important team.
  • 带队。
    Wǒ men gōng sī měi nián dōu pài rén dài duì qù cān jiā bǐ sài.
    Our company sends people to lead teams to participate in competitions every year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

带dàilead
队duìteam; group

带 means to lead and 队 is a team or group, together describing leading a team.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 帶; 带 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帶 was drawn as a woven belt; the simplified 带 is a later shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
㒸
㒸㒸隊duì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

Open 队 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Management

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