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

ānpái

Traditional: 安排

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HSK 4
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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)

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Examples

I arranged a meeting.

The itinerary has been arranged.

Who will arrange this event?

The manager arranged tomorrow's meeting.

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.