HSK 2 · Coming & going

排

pái

row; to line up

Stroke order of 排

排 is written with 11 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Hand (扌) with a row (非): line up.

Parts: 扌 hand + 非 not

Example sentence

请排好队。

Please line up.

Words with 排

排球volleyball 排队to queue 排名ranking; to rank 安排to arrange; arrangement

More words: Coming & going

进入to enter 离开to leave 走过to walk past 走进to walk into 走开to go away 过来to come over 经过to pass; through 通过to pass; by means of 通to connect; to go through 站住to stop; halt 停to stop 排队to queue 靠to lean on; to depend on 身边by one's side

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