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分派 (fēn pài) — to assign (tasks, duties) to different persons; to apportion (resources, responsibilities); to divide (into groups, sects, factions)

Definition

Means 'assign' or 'apportion' — distributing tasks, resources, or people to different recipients or groups. Often takes 把 with a direct object + 给/到 the recipient, like 把任务分派给每个小组.

verb
to assign (tasks, duties) to different personsto apportion (resources, responsibilities)to divide (into groups, sects, factions)

Examples

  • 分派。
    Jīng lǐ bǎ rèn wu fēn pài gěi le měi gè xiǎo zǔ.
    The manager assigned the tasks to each team.
  • 分派。
    Zhè xiē zī jīn yào hé lǐ fēn pài dào gè gè xiàng mù.
    These funds must be apportioned reasonably to each project.
  • 分派。
    Dǎng nèi pài xì fēn pài chéng liǎng dà zhèn yíng.
    The factions within the party divided into two major camps.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

分fēndivide
派pàidispatch

分 means divide or allocate, and 派 means dispatch or assign.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

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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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