How to say “team” in Chinese

团队
tuánduì

team

noun · HSK 5 · topic “Work”

“Team” in Chinese is 团队, tuán duì: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

团队 is read tuán duì: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

tuán — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”
duì — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”

How to write it

团
tuán — lump, ball; group

Outside, 囗 “enclosure”; inside, 才: everyone gathered together.

队
duì — team, squad; line

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 “团队”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 团队. Tap the sound icon to listen.

  • 我们团队有八个成员。wǒmentuánduìyǒubāgechéngyuánThere are eight people on our team.
  • 他是我们团队的新成员tāshìwǒmentuánduìdexīnchéngyuánHe's a new member of our team.
  • 团队成员之间配合得很好tuánduìchéngyuánzhījiānpèihédehěnhǎoThe team members work really well together.
  • 团队是一个整体。tuánduìshìyígezhěngtǐThe team is one whole.
  • 这个团队由十位专家组成zhègetuánduìyóushíwèizhuānjiāzǔchéngThis team is made up of ten specialists.
  • 信任对一个团队至关重要。xìnrènduìyígetuánduìzhìguānzhòngyàoTrust is crucial for a team.

More words from the lesson “Team and staff”

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “team” in Chinese?

“Team” in Chinese is 团队, pinyin tuánduì.

What does 团队 mean?

团队 (tuánduì) means “team”.

How do you write 团队?

团队 is 2 characters: 团 (tuán) — lump, ball; group; 队 (duì) — team, squad; line. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 团队?

团队 is read tuánduì. Tones: tuán — second tone, duì — fourth tone. The page has an audio recording.

“team” in the lesson “Team and staff”

This word is from the topic “Work” of HSK 5. 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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