Chinese word

派遣

Pronunciation

Pinyinpài qiǎn

Meaning

  • verbsend

Example

公司决定派遣他去北京出差。gōng sī jué dìng pài qiǎn tā qù běi jīng chū chāi

The company decided to send him to Beijing on a business trip.

Illustration for 派遣 (send)

More examples

政府决定派遣医疗队到灾区救援。zhèng fǔ jué dìng pài qiǎn yī liáo duì dào zāi qū jiù yuán

The government decided to send a medical team to the disaster area for relief.

Core concept

An organization places a person at another location for a planned job or mission, usually for a limited time.

Common phrases

  • 派遣人员pài qiǎn rén yuán

    dispatch personnel

  • 派遣代表团pài qiǎn dài biǎo tuán

    send a delegation

  • 派遣专家pài qiǎn zhuān jiā

    dispatch experts

Similar words

委派wěi pài: Choosing someone for a task or responsibility and sending them to another place.
派出pài chū: Sending people to a particular place to do work or deal with a problem.
调派diào pài: Moving people to another place when needed so they can perform a task.
选派xuǎn pài: Selecting the right person and sending them to another place for a task.

Definition in Chinese

将人员临时安排到别处工作、出差或执行任务，常含有组织性和期限性。jiāng rén yuán lín shí ān pái dào bié chù gōng zuò chū chāi huò zhí xíng rèn wù cháng hán yǒu zǔ zhī xìng hé qī xiàn xìng

Word origin

派遣 (pàiqiǎn, "to dispatch") combines 派 (pài, "assign") with 遣 (qiǎn, "send away"), forming the idea of assigning someone to work elsewhere.

Usage tips

  • The word fits workplace and government settings better than casual plans between friends, where everyday movement verbs are more natural.

Other meanings

  • dispatchnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 派遣员工pài qiǎn yuán gōngtemporary agency workernoun
  • 派遣制度pài qiǎn zhì dùtemporary staffing systemnoun

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