(ān pái) - arrange, plan, schedule in Mandarin

ānpái

Traditional: 安排

HSK 4

#802 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

arrange, plan, schedule

Word origin

A two-character word: 安 'to settle, to place' (a woman 女 under a roof 宀) plus 排 'to arrange in a row' (hand radical 扌 + 非 fēi as phonetic). Together they mean to arrange or to plan.

Origin: compound
Root: 安 (settle) + 排 (arrange)

Stroke order

安

排

Examples

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I arranged a meeting.

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The itinerary has been arranged.

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Who will arrange this event?

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The manager arranged tomorrow's meeting.

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Please help me arrange the schedule.

安排 (ān pái) means arrange, plan, schedule. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 17.