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编排 (biān pái) — to arrange (a program, performance, or event); to lay out (a page, design, or composition)

Definition

编排 focuses on arranging the sequence and layout of items — programs, performances, or pages. 比 安排 (general planning/scheduling) more concrete, and 比 布局 (overall structural plan) narrower in scope.

verb
to arrange (a program, performance, or event)to lay out (a page, design, or composition)

Examples

  • 编排。
    Zhè ge wǎn huì de jié mù biān pái dé hěn jīng cǎi.
    The program of this evening party was arranged very brilliantly.
  • 编排。
    Zá zhì de bǎn miàn xū yào chóng xīn biān pái.
    The page layout of the magazine needs to be rearranged.
  • 编排。
    biān pái Hǎo zhè xiē zhào piàn de shùn xù hěn zhòng yào.
    Arranging the order of these photos well is very important.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

编biānarrange
排páiarrange

编 and 排 both mean to arrange or put in order; together they express organizing or laying out.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 編; 编 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìthread
Sound part声符shēngfú
扁
扁biǎn編biān
Same sound today

The traditional form 編 pairs 糸 (thread), for knitting a book together, with 扁 as the sound part; the simplified 编 is only a shorthand.

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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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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Order & Arrangement

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