排

pái · pai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. a row
  2. a line
  3. to set in order
  4. to arrange
  5. to line up
  6. to eliminate
  7. to drain
  8. to push open
  9. platoon
  10. raft
  11. classifier for lines, rows etc

In a sentence

2 examples
01

请(qǐng)大(dà)家(jiā)排(pái)成(chéng)一(yí)队(duì),按(àn)顺(shùn)序(xù)上(shàng)车(chē)。

Please line up in a single file and get on the bus in order.

02

工(gōng)人(rén)正(zhèng)在(zài)把(bǎ)积(jī)水(shuǐ)排(pái)到(dào)外(wài)面(miàn)的(de)沟(gōu)里(lǐ)。

The workers are draining the accumulated water into the ditch outside.

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