队 duì — squadron; team; group
请大家排队上车。Qǐng dà jiā pái duì shàng chē.Everyone please line up to board.
Common words: 球队 (qiú duì)、队长 (duì zhǎng)、排队 (pái duì)
Meaning Index
Chinese characters meaning "team"
Learn Chinese characters with the meaning "team", including 队 (duì), 班 (bān). Study pinyin, English meanings, traditional forms, common words, and examples.
How to Study This Meaning Group
The English word "team" covers 2 different Chinese characters — 队 (duì), 班 (bān) — and each is its own word with its own feel. These 2 characters do not share a sound — their readings span duì, bān — so confirm the pinyin and tone for each one separately. The example sentences further down show how 队 and the others are actually used, so you learn them in context rather than as a single translation.
- 队 duìsquadron; team; groupUseful words: 球队, 队长
- 班 bānteam; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure wordUseful words: 上班, 下班
Common words for these 2 "team" characters
Anchor each of these 2 characters in a word you can picture — start with 队 (duì) — so "team" turns into concrete usage instead of a one-to-one translation.
球队qiú duìsports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)队长duì zhǎngcaptain; team leader排队pái duìto line up上班shàng bānto go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office下班xià bānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)班长bān zhǎngclass monitor; squad leader; team leader
See each character in a sentence
Each character below is shown in a short example sentence with pinyin and an English translation — the quickest way to feel the difference between the 2 ways to say "team".
班 bān — team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word
我们班一共有四十名学生。Wǒ men bān yí gòng yǒu sì shí míng xué sheng.Our class has forty students in total.
Common words: 上班 (shàng bān)、下班 (xià bān)、班长 (bān zhǎng)
All 2 characters
Open 队、班 or any character below to hear it read aloud and see it used in an example sentence.