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委派 (wěi pài) — to appoint, to delegate (a person or a task)

Definition

Formal written verb meaning 'to appoint / delegate' a person to a task or post. Stronger and more official than 派, which is a shorter colloquial synonym.

verb
to appointto delegate (a person or a task)

Examples

  • 委派。
    Gōng sī wěi pài tā dān rèn xiàng mù jīng lǐ.
    The company appointed him as project manager.
  • 委派。
    Lǎo bǎn bǎ zhè jiàn zhòng yào de shì qing wěi pài gěi wǒ le.
    The boss delegated this important matter to me.
  • 委派。
    Tā bèi wěi pài dào guó wài fēn gōng sī gōng zuò.
    He was appointed to work at the overseas branch.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

委wěientrust
派pàidispatch

委派 joins 委 (entrust) and 派 (dispatch) to mean appoint or delegate someone.

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
女女nǚ
Sound part声符shēngfú
禾
禾hé委wěi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

委 has 女 under 禾. 女, a woman, is the meaning part, and 禾 gives the sound.

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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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