團
tuán HSK3

ball

团 (團) tuán
mass measure word
classifier for a lump, wad, or soft mass like wool or smoke

山间升起了一团白雾。

shān jiān shēng​qǐ le yī tuán bái wù.

A mass of white mist rose in the mountains.

functional group noun
a specific group of atoms within a molecule that is responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules

这个分子的侧链上含有一个具有特定活性的官能团。

zhè​ge fēn​zǐ de cè​liàn shàng hán​yǒu yī gè jù​yǒu tè​dìng huó​xìng de guān​néng​tuán.

The side chain of this molecule contains a functional group with a specific activity.

ball noun
a round mass or lump

猫在地上玩一个毛线团。

māo zài dì shàng wán yī gè máo​xiàn tuán.

The cat is playing with a ball of yarn on the floor.

group noun
an organized group, society, or military regiment

他报名参加了一个去北京的旅游团。

tā bào​míng cān​jiā le yī gè qù Běi​jīng de lǚ​yóu tuán.

He signed up for a tour group to Beijing.

roll verb
to roll something into a ball or to gather together

他把信纸团起来，扔进了废纸篓里。

tā bǎ xìn​zhǐ tuán qi​lai, rēng jìn le fèi​zhǐ lǒu lǐ.

He crumpled up the letter and threw it into the wastebasket.

Frequency
Character
Written text
405th most common 538.2 per million
Movie subtitles
651st most common 208.1 per million appears in 54% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
32.1 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
140.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Simplified
团
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+5718

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)