调派 (diào pài) — to send, to assign (personnel)

Definition

调派 (diào pài) means 'to send or assign' personnel — someone higher up dispatches people to a post or task. It differs from 安排 ('arrange'): 调派 emphasizes official transfer or deployment, often to a different place.

verb
to sendto assign (personnel)

Examples

  • 调派。
    Gōng sī bǎ zhè wèi jīng lǐ diào pài dào fēn bù mén le.
    The company transferred (assigned) this manager to a branch department.
  • 调派。
    Shàng jí diào pài tā qù guó wài gōng zuò.
    The superiors assigned him to work abroad.
  • 调派。
    Zhè cì rèn wu xū yào diào pài gèng duō de jì shù rén yuán.
    This task needs to assign more technical personnel.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

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

调tiáotransfer
派pàidispatch

“调” and “派” both mean to send or assign, together covering arranging personnel.

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 調; 调 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
周
周zhōu調tiáo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 調 pairs 言 (speech) with 周, which shows how it was pronounced. The simplified 调 is a later 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
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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