Chinese word

安排

Pronunciation

Pinyinān pái

Meaning

  • verbarrange

Example

我已经安排好了下星期的会议。wǒ yǐ jīng ān pái hǎo le xià xīng qī de huì yì

I have already arranged the meeting for next week.

Illustration for 安排 (arrange)

More examples

公司人事正在安排新员工的培训。gōng sī rén shì zhèng zài ān pái xīn yuán gōng de péi xùn

The company's human resources department is arranging training for new employees.

Core concept

Putting each person and practical detail into its proper place within a planned activity.

Common phrases

  • 安排面试ān pái miàn shì

    arrange an interview

  • 安排下周会议ān pái xià zhōu huì yì

    schedule next week's meeting

Similar words

准备zhǔn bèi: Making the needed things ready so that action can begin at once.
计划jì huà: Deciding an activity's purpose, steps, and timing in advance.

Definition in Chinese

为完成某事事先准备所需的人、时间、地点和步骤等，使整个过程能顺利进行。wèi wán chéng mǒu shì shì xiān zhǔn bèi suǒ xū de rén shí jiān dì diǎn hé bù zhòu děng shǐ zhěng gè guò chéng néng shùn lì jìn xíng

Word origin

安排 (ānpái, "arrange") combines 安 (ān, "settled") with 排 (pái, "put in order"), linking a settled state with the act of putting elements into order.

Usage tips

  • Unlike English arrange, this verb naturally takes a person as its object when organizing that person's role, time, or task.

Other meanings

  • planverb
  • placeverb
  • assignverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 工作安排gōng zuò ān páiwork assignmentnoun

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