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配置 (pèi zhì) — to configure, to set up (a system, device, or software); to allocate, to deploy (resources, personnel, or equipment)

Definition

配置 covers both 'to configure' (settings on a system/device) and 'to allocate' (resources, personnel). For deployment of troops or large-scale arrangements, 部署 is the stronger, more strategic term.

verb
to configureto set up (a system, device, or software)to allocateto deploy (resources, personnel, or equipment)

Examples

  • 配置。
    Gōng chéng shī zhèng zài pèi zhì xīn de fú wù qì.
    The engineer is configuring the new server.
  • 配置。
    Gōng sī xū yào pèi zhì gèng duō de zī yuán lái wán chéng zhè ge xiàng mù.
    The company needs to allocate more resources to complete this project.
  • 配置。
    Qǐng àn zhào shuō míng shū pèi zhì hǎo wǎng luò shè bèi.
    Please configure the network equipment according to the manual.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

配pèiallocate
置zhìset

配 and 置 both involve arranging or placing, together denoting allocation or setup.

Characters in this word

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

  • 酉酉yǒualcohol vessel
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

配 is formed by putting 酉, an alcohol vessel, next to 卩, a kneeling person. The reference gives these two parts, but not the reason they combine.

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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
罒Written in full as网wǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
直
直zhí置zhì
Same sound today

置 is built from 罒, a net, on top and 直 below; 直 gives the sound.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Technology & Engineering

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