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部署 (bù shǔ) — to deploy, to arrange (resources, personnel, systems)

Definition

部署 (bùshǔ) means strategically deploying or arranging resources, personnel, or plans — more formal and military/strategic than 布置, more about allocation of assets than configuring a system like 配置.

verb
to deployto arrange (resources, personnel, systems)

Examples

  • 部署。
    Gōng sī jì huà zài míng nián bù shǔ xīn gōng chǎng.
    The company plans to deploy a new factory next year.
  • 部署。
    Zhèng fǔ zhèng zài bù shǔ yìng duì yì qíng de fāng àn.
    The government is deploying a plan to respond to the pandemic.
  • 部署。
    Jīng lǐ bù shǔ le zhōu mò de jiā bān rèn wu.
    The manager deployed overtime tasks for the weekend.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

部bùarrange
署shǔstation

部 and 署 both carry the sense of arranging or placing, together meaning to deploy or arrange resources.

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
邑邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu部bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

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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
罒Written in full as网wǎngnet
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě署shǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

署 shows a net 罒 for its meaning, and uses 者 to give its sound.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6ManagementMilitary & Defense

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