- to form a long line (i.e. of people waiting)
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to form a long line (i.e. of people waiting)
This phrase is used to describe the action of people organizing themselves in a single line, usually while waiting for something such as entry to an event or service.
There is a long line forming at the store entrance.
At the station, passengers are forming a long line waiting.
Generated collocations (experimental)
pái qǐ cháng duì排起长队to form a long linecháng duì长队děng hòu等候to wait in a long linepái duì排队děng hòu等候to line up and waitzài在wài外pái duì排队to queue outsidecháng长shí jiān时间pái duì排队to wait in line for a long timepái排qǐ起zhěng qí整齐de的duì wǔ队伍to form a neat linekuài sù快速pái duì排队to line up quicklywú xù无序pái duì排队to line up disorderlypái duì排队mǎi piào买票to queue for ticketspái duì排队jìn chǎng进场to line up to enterzhǔ dòng主动pái duì排队to take the initiative to queuepái duì排队cái néng才能jìn rù进入to enter only after queuing