排队

• 拼音: pái duì
• 汉字拆解: 排 (pái) — to arrange, to line up; 队 (duì) — team, line, group

含义

To queue up; to line up; to stand in line. The act of forming or waiting in an orderly line.

Used whenever people need to wait their turn in an ordered line, such as at shops, restaurants, banks, or bus stops. Chinese culture places importance on orderly queuing, and signs saying 请排队 (please queue) are common in public spaces.

例句

1. 买票的人太多了，要排队。
2. 请大家排队上车。
3. 我们排了半个小时的队。

用法指南

语境: public places, everyday, travel

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 请排队等候。(Please queue up and wait.)
• 这家饭馆每天都要排队。(You have to queue every day at this restaurant.)

错误说法

• 不要说'排队队' (Don't say 排队队 — 排队 is already a complete verb-object phrase; adding an extra 队 is redundant)

起源与历史

Verb-object compound of 排 (to arrange, to line up) and 队 (team, group, line). Literally means to arrange oneself into a line.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal