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团队 (tuán duì) — team

Definition

团队 means 'team' as a working unit of people who cooperate toward a shared goal, stronger in this sense than the bare 队 ('squad/group') or the generic 小组 ('small group').

noun
team
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 团队。
    Wǒ men tuán duì yǒu shí gè rén.
    Our team has ten people.
  • 团队？
    Nǐ men tuán duì de fù zé rén shì shuí?
    Who is the leader of your team?
  • 团队。
    Zhè ge tuán duì hé zuò dé fēi cháng hǎo.
    This team cooperates very well.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

团tuángroup
队duìteam

团 and 队 both refer to a group or line of people, so together they name a team.

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 團; 团 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
囗囗wéi
Sound part声符shēngfú
專
專zhuān團tuán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 團 combines 囗 as a meaning part with 專 as a sound part; the story is about 團, not about 团.

Open 团 →

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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