Chinese word

外派

Pronunciation

Pinyinwài pài

Meaning

  • verbsend on assignment

Example

公司决定外派他到上海工作。gōng sī jué dìng wài pài tā dào shàng hǎi gōng zuò

The company decided to send him to Shanghai on assignment.

Illustration for 外派 (send on assignment)

More examples

她去年被外派到国外工作，现在已经回国。tā qù nián bèi wài pài dào guó wài gōng zuò xiàn zài yǐ jīng huí guó

She was assigned to work overseas last year and has now returned home.

Core concept

A home organization places a worker outside its usual base in a planned work role arranged with another location or organization.

Common phrases

  • 被外派到国外工作bèi wài pài dào guó wài gōng zuò

    be assigned to work overseas

Similar words

派遣pài qiǎn: Send a worker to another company or work site to work there for a set period.
调动diào dòng: Move an employee to a different job or workplace within the same organization.
出差chū chāi: Travel to another place for a short period to work on business.

Definition in Chinese

指单位按照人事安排把人员派到外地或外单位工作，派遣期间的管理或待遇由派出方与接收方约定。zhǐ dān wèi àn zhào rén shì ān pái bǎ rén yuán pài dào wài dì huò wài dān wèi gōng zuò pài qiǎn qī jiān de guán lǐ huò dài yù yóu pài chū fāng yǔ jiē shōu fāng yuē dìng

Word origin

外派 (wàipài, "send on assignment") combines 外 (wài, "outside") with 派 (pài, "send or assign"), showing a worker sent beyond the home unit for work.

Usage tips

  • In workplace talk, this verb usually signals a planned personnel placement, not merely a worker choosing to work somewhere else for a day.

Other meanings

  • secondverb
  • postverb

Opposites

  • 留任liú rènremain in one's postverb

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