1. Home
  2. HSK 3
  3. Hands and actions

排

pái

to line up; to arrange

A person arranging tiles in a row
Memory picture

Character

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

Example phrases

  • 我们排队。 Wǒ men pái duì. We line up.
  • 请排好队。 Qǐng pái hǎo duì. Please line up properly.
  • 他们排节目。 Tā men pái jié mù. They are rehearsing a show.

Related words

All HSK 3 words →