隊

简 队 · 繁 隊
Mandarin · pinyin duì

Meanings

  1. squadron
  2. team
  3. group
  4. Classifier: 個 gè
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隊
duì · team, group; army unit
队
duì · team, group; army unit
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

deoi2 · deoi6 · zeoi6

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character · Etymology 1

  1. group; team
  2. (military) army unit
  3. line; queue (Classifier: 條/条 c)
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 少年先鋒隊/少年先锋队 (shàonián xiānfēngduì, “Young Pioneers of China”)
  5. Classifier for people or objects in groups or rows: group of; line of; row of

character · Etymology 1

  1. (obsolete) alternative form of 墜 /坠 (zhuì, “to fall; to be ruined; to fall apart”)

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese) alternative form of 㨃 (deoi²)

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