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派出 (pài chū) — to dispatch; to send (a person or a group on a mission); to assign

Definition

verb
to dispatchto send (a person or a group on a mission)to assign

Examples

  • 派出。
    Gōng sī pài chū tā qù měi guó xué xí xīn jì shù.
    The company dispatched him to the United States to learn new technology.
  • 派出。
    Zhèng fǔ pài chū le yì zhī jiù yuán duì dào zāi qū.
    The government dispatched a rescue team to the disaster area.
  • 派出。
    Xué xiào pài chū jǐ wèi lǎo shī cān jiā guó jì huì yì.
    The school sent several teachers to attend an international conference.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

派pàisend
出chūout

派 (send) and 出 (out) combine to mean dispatch outward.

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

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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