排队

pái duì · pai dui

Traditional 排隊

Meaning

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  1. to line up

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)到(dào)银(yín)行(háng)去(qù),很(hěn)幸(xìng)运(yùn)地(de)不(bú)必(bì)排(pái)队(duì)。

I got to the bank and luckily didn't have to get in line.

Tatoeba: Chinese by egg0073 · English by peterius · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

周(zhōu)末(mò)超(chāo)市(shì)里(lǐ)人(rén)很(hěn)多(duō),大(dà)家(jiā)排(pái)队(duì)等(děng)着(zhe)结(jié)账(zhàng)。

The supermarket is crowded on weekends, and everyone lines up waiting to pay.

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