Usage note
列可以表示排成一排，也可以表示列出。
liè kě yǐ biǎo shì pái chéng yì pái， yě kě yǐ biǎo shì liè chū。
Row can mean arranged in a line, and it can also mean list.
Context note
列常出现在队伍、表格和清单里。
liè cháng chū xiàn zài duì wu 、 biǎo gé hé qīng dān lǐ。
Row often appears in lines, tables, and lists.
5 examples
排成一列。
pái chéng yí liè。
Line up in a row.
请列出名字。
qǐng liè chū míng zì。
Please list the names.
一列车。
yí liè chē。
A train car.
他把事情列出来。
tā bǎ shì qíng liè chū lái。
He listed the things out.
列队很整齐。
liè duì hěn zhěng qí。
The lineup is neat.
5 mini stories
老师让我们排成一列进教室。
lǎo shī ràng wǒ men pái chéng yí liè jìn jiào shì。
The teacher asked us to line up in a row and enter the classroom.
我把要带的东西列出来。
wǒ bǎ yào dài de dōng xī liè chū lái。
I listed the things I need to bring.
车站里的人排成一列，很安静。
chē zhàn lǐ de rén pái chéng yí liè， hěn ān jìng。
People at the station lined up in a row, very quietly.
这张纸上列着很多名字。
zhè zhāng zhǐ shàng liè zhe hěn duō míng zì。
This paper lists many names.
我们把作业步骤列出来，做起来更方便。
wǒ men bǎ zuò yè bù zhòu liè chū lái， zuò qǐ lái gèng fāng biàn。
We list the homework steps, and it is more convenient to do them.
Mini dialogue
列清单
A
我们去超市前，先列一个清单吧。
Wǒmen qù chāoshì qián, xiān liè yī gè qīngdān ba.
Before we go to the supermarket, let's list a checklist first.
B
好主意，你来列，我来说。
Hǎo zhǔyi, nǐ lái liè, wǒ lái shuō.
Good idea, you list it, and I'll say it.
排队
A
请排成一列，不要挤。
Qǐng pái chéng yī liè, bùyào jǐ.
Please line up in a row, don't push.
B
好的，我们一个接一个。
Hǎo de, wǒmen yī gè jiē yī gè.
Okay, one after another.
Related words and contrasts
similar
排
pái
row; line
排 also means a row or line. 列 often means a vertical column.
contrast
行
háng
row; line of business
行 usually means a horizontal row, while 列 often means a vertical column.