HSK 4 · Verbs

安排 ānpái “to arrange” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 安排 means

  1. to arrange
  2. to plan
  3. to set up
  4. arrangements
  5. plans

How to say 安排

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale安ān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale排pái2nd tone, rising

安排 in a sentence

  1. 你下个周末有什么安排？

    Nǐ xià ge zhōumò yǒu shénme ānpái?

    What have you got planned for next weekend?

    Sentence #10081635 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我会安排一下，叫个人去你家接你。

    Wǒ huì ānpái yíxià, jiào ge rén qù nǐ jiā jiē nǐ.

    I’ll arrange for someone to pick you up from your place.

    Sentence #334326 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们还没安排去南京的时间。

    Wǒmen hái méi ānpái qù Nánjīng de shíjiān.

    We haven’t arranged a time to go to Nanjing yet.

    Sentence #1524452 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 安排 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 安 (ān) with each of its parts in a different colour
安āncalm; peaceful
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 女woman · nǚ

Memory aidA woman 女 under a roof 宀: safe, peaceful.

The character 排 (pái) with each of its parts in a different colour
排páito arrange in order; to line up
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 非wrong · fēiSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 非 (fēi) hints at the sound. Compare it with pái.

How to write 安排

安 6 strokes · 排 11 strokes

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安排 (ānpái) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 安排 (ānpái). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 安排

Words with 安

安静ānjìng · quiet安全ānquán · safe晚安wǎn'ān · good night安装ānzhuāng · to install不安bù'ān · uneasy平安píng'ān · safe and sound安慰ānwèi · to comfort安置ānzhì · to find a place for安宁ānníng · peaceful安详ānxiáng · serene

Words with 排

排pái · to line up排队páiduì · to line up排列páiliè · to arrange in order排斥páichì · to exclude排除páichú · to rule out排练páiliàn · to rehearse排放páifàng · to discharge

More words: Common Verbs

遇到yùdào · to meet站zhàn · stand照顾zhàogu · take care of干gàn · to do保护bǎohù · to protect报名bàomíng · to sign up抱bào · to hold遍biàn · measure word for times (start to finish)

FAQs

安排 (ānpái) means “to arrange” or “to plan”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it ānpái: ān with a 1st tone, then pái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 安排 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type anpai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 安排 from the suggestions. Typing anpai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
安排 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.