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安排 (ān pái) — to arrange; to plan; to set up

Definition

安排 covers planning AND putting things in order (meetings, trips, schedules). Broader than 排列 (ordering items in a line) and 摆放 (physically placing objects), and unlike 修订 it doesn't imply changing existing content.

verb
to arrangeto planto set up

Examples

  • 安排。
    Wǒ lái ān pái míng tiān de huì yì.
    I'll arrange tomorrow's meeting.
  • 安排？
    Nǐ néng bāng wǒ ān pái zuò wèi ma?
    Can you help me arrange the seats?
  • 安排。
    Tā ān pái le yí cì lǚ xíng.
    She arranged a trip.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

安ānset in place
排páiarrange

安 means to set in place and 排 means to arrange, together expressing planning.

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
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
女
女nǚ安ān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 安, 宀 sits above a seated 女 on a cushion; 宀 is the meaning part, 女 is the sound part, and the character originally meant sitting at ease.

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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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
非
非fēi排pái
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

排 uses 扌 (hand) to show arranging something with the hand, and 非 for the sound; this gives the sense of placing things in a line.

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