重排 (chóng pái) — to rearrange (the order of items, schedule, etc…

Definition

verb

to rearrange (the order of items, schedule, etc.)to retypeset

重排。
Biān jí zhèng zài chóng pái zhè běn shū de yè mǎ.
The editor is rearranging the page numbers of this book.
重排。
Huì yì rì chéng xū yào chóng pái yí xià.
The meeting schedule needs to be rearranged.
重排。
Yìn shuā chǎng bǎ fēng miàn chóng pái le liǎng cì.
The printing house retypeset the cover twice.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

重 means again and 排 means arrange, so it is to arrange again.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

東

東dōng重zhòng

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌非排

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

非

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.