排队

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The Chinese word 排队 (pái duì) for "to queue" or "to line up" is composed of two characters: 排 (pái) and 队 (duì). The character 排 (pái) originally meant "to arrange in order" or "to put in a row". It is composed of the radical 扌 (shǒu), which indicates that the character is related to hand or action, and the phonetic component 旁 (páng), which is a simplified form of the character 旁 (páng), meaning "side" or "beside". The character 队 (duì) originally meant "a group of people or things arranged in a row". It is composed of the radical 人 (rén), which indicates that the character is related to people, and the phonetic component 对 (duì), which is a simplified form of the character 对 (duì), meaning "to face" or "to confront". When combined, the characters 排 (pái) and 队 (duì) form the word 排队 (pái duì), which literally means "to arrange people in a row" or "to put people in a line", hence its meaning of "to queue" or "to line up".