排 pái
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 非 not, negative, non-
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
排队
páiduì
to line up
Characters in this word
队 duì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 人 man, person
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请排队买票。 Qǐng páiduì mǎi piào. Please line up to buy tickets.
- 我们在排队。 Wǒmen zài páiduì. We are lining up.
- 大家排队上车。 Dàjiā páiduì shàng chē. Everyone lines up to get on.