How to say “team captain” in Chinese
team captain
“Team captain” in Chinese is 队长, duì zhǎng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
队长 is read duì zhǎng: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Its second reading is zhǎng, “grow”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “队长”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 队长. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 大家都选他当队长。dàjiādōuxuǎntādāngduìzhǎngEveryone chose him as captain.
- 队长带领大家完成了任务。duìzhǎngdàilǐngdàjiāwánchénglerènwuThe captain led everyone, and the task was completed.
- 队长命令大家立即出发duìzhǎngmìnglìngdàjiālìjíchūfāThe commander ordered everyone to set off at once.
More words from the lesson “Our team”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “team captain” in Chinese?
“Team captain” in Chinese is 队长, pinyin duìzhǎng.
What does 队长 mean?
队长 (duìzhǎng) means “team captain”.
How do you write 队长?
队长 is 2 characters: 队 (duì) — team, squad; line; 长 (cháng) — long. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 队长?
队长 is read duìzhǎng. Tones: duì — fourth tone, zhǎng — third tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“team captain” in the lesson “Our team”
This word is from the topic “Sports and wrap-up” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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