Meaning of tuán:
团
dumpling; round; lump; ball; regiment; group; society
Jīn wǎn wǒmen yīqǐ bāo tuán zi.
今晚我们一起包团子。
Tonight we will make dumplings together.
Zhège chéngzi fēicháng tuán.
这个橙子非常团。
This orange is very round.
Tā mǎile yīgè ròuyuán hé yīgè mǐfěn tuán.
他买了一个肉圆和一个米粉团。
He bought a meatball and a lump of rice noodles.
Tāmen zhèngzài wán yīgè dàdà de qì tuán.
他们正在玩一个大大的气团。
They are playing with a big air ball.
Zhège héchàng tuán zài quánguó bǐsài zhōng huòdéle guànjūn.
这个合唱团在全国比赛中获得了冠军。
This choir won the national competition.
Wǒmen jiārùle yīgè dēngshān tuán.
我们加入了一个登山团。
We joined a hiking group.
Wǒmen xuéxiào yǒu yīgè hěn bàng de kēxué xìngqù tuán.
我们学校有一个很棒的科学兴趣团。
Our school has a great science club.
to roll into a ball; to gather
Wǒmen yīqǐ bǎ xuě tuán chéng yīgè dà xuěqiú.
我们一起把雪团成一个大雪球。
We rolled the snow into a big snowball together.
Tāmen zài xiàoyuán lǐ zìfā zǔzhīle yīgè xuéshēng huánbǎo tuán.
他们在校园里自发组织了一个学生环保团。
They spontaneously organized a student environmental group on campus.
classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
Tā bǎ zhǐ róu chéng yī gè zhǐ tuán.
他把纸揉成一个纸团。
He crumpled the paper into a ball.
