Chinese symbol for “ranks”
队伍
duì wǔ
Traditional: 隊伍
troops; army; ranks; contingent; force; staff; team; line; procession; (in video games or fantasy settings etc) party
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ranks is 队伍 (duì wǔ), defined as: troops; army; ranks; contingent; force; staff; team; line; procession; (in video games or fantasy settings etc) party.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ranks”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 队伍.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 军队 (軍隊) | jūn duì | armed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
| 部队 (部隊) | bù duì | army; armed forces |
| 团队 (團隊) | tuán duì | team |
| 球队 (球隊) | qiú duì | sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) |
| 队长 (隊長) | duì zhǎng | captain; team leader |
| 退伍 | tuì wǔ | to be discharged from military service |
| 入伍 | rù wǔ | to enter the army; to enlist |
| 为伍 (為伍) | wéi wǔ | to associate with; to keep company with |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ranks”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.