派员 (pài yuán) — to send a staff member, to dispatch an officer

Definition

派员 (pài yuán) is a formal, written term meaning to dispatch a staff member or official, typically used in official, government, or business contexts rather than everyday speech.

verb
to send a staff memberto dispatch an officer

Examples

  • 派员。
    Gōng sī jué dìng pài yuán qián wǎng diào chá cǐ shì.
    The company decided to send staff to investigate this matter.
  • 。
    Zhèng fǔ yǐ jīng pài le sān míng yuán dào xiàn chǎng.
    The government has already dispatched three officers to the scene.
  • 派员。
    Zhè cì rèn wu xū yào cóng zǒng bù pài yuán.
    This mission requires sending personnel from headquarters.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

派pàidispatch
员yuánstaff member

派 (send) and 员 (staff member) combine to mean sending an officer.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater; river
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠂢
𠂢𠂢派pài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

派 is built from 水 (water/river) and 𠂢. 𠂢 gives the sound, and 水 was added later to tell the character apart from the older form.

Open 派 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
鼎鼎dǐngding
Sound part声符shēngfú
〇
〇líng員yuán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

Open 员 →

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