团队

The Chinese word 团队 (tuánduì) for "team" is a compound of two characters: 团 (tuán), meaning "group" or "unit," and 队 (duì), meaning "team" or "squad." The character 团 originally meant "a ball of thread" or "a round object," and was later extended to mean "a group of people gathered together." The character 队 originally meant "a row of soldiers" or "a military unit," and was later extended to mean "a team" or "a group of people working together." The combination of these two characters creates the word 团队, which specifically refers to a group of people who are working together towards a common goal.