委派

wěipài

verb #20,967

Meanings

1 to appoint
2 to assign
3 to delegate
4 to commission

Characters

to entrust / to delegate / committee

to send / to dispatch / to assign

Examples

公司委派他去上海负责新项目。

Gōngsī wěipài tā qù Shànghǎi fùzé xīn xiàngmù.

The company appointed him to go to Shanghai to oversee the new project.

政府委派了一名特别调查员。

Zhèngfǔ wěipài le yī míng tèbié diàochá yuán.

The government commissioned a special investigator.

Tips

usage

委派 implies formally delegating authority or a task from a superior to a subordinate. Compare with 任命 (rènmìng), which is used for official appointments to a position.

Stroke Order

委 wěi

派 pài