队列 (duì liè) — queue, line (of people or vehicles); formation…

Definition

noun

queueline (of people or vehicles)formation (military or organized group)

Measure word · 个

队列。
Qǐng dà jiā pái hǎo duì liè.
Please line up in a queue.
，队列。
Kàn dào yǒu rén chā duì, tā lì kè tí xǐng dà jiā àn zhào duì liè pái duì.
Seeing someone cut in line, he immediately reminded everyone to queue in order.
队列。
Shì bīng men pái chéng zhěng qí de duì liè zǒu guò guǎng chǎng.
The soldiers marched across the square in neat formation.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

队 and 列 both refer to lines or ranks, so 队列 means an orderly line or formation.

Characters in this word

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.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

列 combines 歹, drawn as skeletal remains, and 刀, a knife, to depict tearing apart.

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