选派 (xuǎn pài) — to select and appoint (someone for a specific task or position); to detail (someone) to a post or assignment

Definition

A formal verb meaning to select and send (someone) to a post or assignment. Used for institutional choices — companies, schools, or authorities sending people on missions — not casual picking.

verb
to select and appoint (someone for a specific task or position)to detail (someone) to a post or assignment

Examples

  • 选派。
    Gōng sī xuǎn pài tā qù shàng hǎi cān jiā péi xùn.
    The company selected and sent him to Shanghai for training.
  • 选派。
    Xué xiào měi nián xuǎn pài yōu xiù xué shēng chū guó liú xué.
    The school selects outstanding students to study abroad every year.
  • 选派。
    Shàng jí xuǎn pài le yí wèi dài biǎo cān jiā huì yì.
    The higher authorities selected and appointed a representative to attend the meeting.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

选xuǎnchoose
派pàiassign

选 (choose) and 派 (assign) combine to mean choose and assign.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 選; 选 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
止止zhǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
巽
巽xùn選xuǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 選 combines 止 with 巽, which gives the sound xùn; its sense of choosing is explained as rejecting or sending someone back. Simplified 选 is a shorthand.

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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.

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