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duì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
duì | dui4
English translation
squadron
team
group
CL:
>[gè]
team, group, band, army unit; measure word for groups of people

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About duì

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

duì

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A group of people  rén gathered in one place 

Etymology of duì

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

阝人

Explanation

Simplified form of duì . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and suì represents the sound.

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Example sentences using duì

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作为 zuòwéi míng 足球 zú qiú 队员 duì yuán , shuí dōu chāo 不过 bùguò .

As a football player he is second to none.

消防 xiāofáng 队员 duì yuán 着火 zháohuǒ de 椅子 yǐzi chū 窗外.

The fireman flung the burning chair out of the window.

获胜 huò shèng duì gěi le cǎi xiè .

The winning team was showered with confetti.

zuì 紧张 jǐnzhāng 刺激 cìjī de 球赛 qiú sài shì 哈佛 Hā fó duì duì 耶鲁 Yē lǔ duì .

The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.

我们 wǒmen duì Sān líng 获胜 huò shèng .

Our team won the game three nil.

Words with duì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
duì team duì
队伍 duìwǔ ranks隊伍
队员 duì yuán team member隊員
军队 jūnduì army軍隊
部队 bù duì army部隊
球队 qiú duì sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)球隊
乐队 yuè duì band樂隊
团队 tuán duì team團隊
队长 duì zhǎng captain隊長
大队 dà duì group大隊
排队 páiduì to line up排隊
国家队 guó jiā duì the national team國家隊
队友 duì yǒu teammate隊友
车队 chē duì motorcade車隊
舰队 jiàn duì fleet艦隊
啦啦队 lā lā duì cheerleading squad啦啦隊
支队 zhī duì detachment (of troops)支隊
生产队 shēng chǎn duì production team生產隊
领队 lǐng duì to lead a group領隊
主队 zhǔ duì host side主隊
分队 fēn duì military platoon or squad分隊
突击队 tū jī duì commando unit突擊隊

duì Decomposition & Compounds

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duì Decomposition

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duì Compounds

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