排队 (pái duì) — to line up, to queue

Definition

排队 means 'to line up / queue' — use it as a verb phrase about people waiting their turn. Compared with 排 (which can also mean to arrange or to form a row), 排队 specifically refers to people queuing.

verb
to line upto queue

Examples

  • 排队
    Qǐng dà jiā zài zhè lǐ pái duì.
    Everyone, please line up here.
  • Wǒ men pái le yí gè xiǎo shí de duì cái mǎi dào piào.
    We queued for an hour before we could buy tickets.
  • 排队
    Nǐ pái duì le ma?
    Have you queued up?

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