"assign" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
指定	zhǐ dìng	v.	to appoint / to assign / to indicate clearly and with certainty / designated	syn
分配	fēn pèi	v.	to distribute / to assign / to allocate / to partition (a hard drive)	syn
赋予賦予	fù yǔ	v.	to assign / to entrust (a task) / to give / to bestow	syn
划劃	huà	v.	to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character	syn
任	rèn	v., conj.	to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)	syn
编入編入	biān rù		to include (in a list etc) / to assign (to a class, a work unit etc)
差使	chāi shǐ		to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger	syn
分发分發	fēn fā	v.	to distribute / distribution / to assign (sb) to a job	syn
任用	rèn yòng		to appoint / to assign	syn
指派	zhǐ pài		to assign / to appoint / assignment	syn
划拨劃撥	huà bō		to assign / to allocate / to transfer (money to an account)	syn
交办交辦	jiāo bàn		to assign (a task to sb)
归入歸入	guī rù		to assign (to a class) / to classify as / to include	syn
分派	fēn pài		to assign (a task to different people) / to allocate	syn
责成責成	zé chéng		to charge (an entity) with (a task) / to assign (sb) the task of	syn
调遣調遣	diào qiǎn		to dispatch / to assign / a dispatch	syn
赋与賦與	fù yǔ		to assign / to entrust (a task) / to give / to bestow / variant of 賦予\|赋予[fu4 yu3]
赋值賦值	fù zhí		(computing, math.) to assign (a value) / assignment

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
命	mìng	n., v.	life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc	syn
命题命題	mìng tí		proposition (logic, math.) / to assign an essay topic
安插	ān chā		to place in a certain position / to assign to a job / to plant / resettlement (old)	syn
派任	pài rèn		to set apart / to assign sb to a job
提调提調	tí diào		to supervise (troops) / to appoint (officers) / to select and assign
支差	zhī chāi		to assign corvée duties (forced labor)
划位劃位	huà wèi		(Tw) to divide up an area / to assign a spot / to allocate a seat / one's assigned spot
量能授官	liàng néng shòu guān		(idiom) To assign an official position or responsibility according to a person’s abilities.
随才器使	suí cái qì shǐ		(idiom) To assign each person work suited to their abilities and strengths.
令骥捕鼠令驥捕鼠	lìng jì bǔ shǔ		(idiom) To assign a capable person a task that is beneath or outside their abilities and that they are not suited to perform.
品而第之	pǐn ér dì zhī		(idiom) To assess the merits and shortcomings of someone or something and then assign a rank.
投置闲散	tóu zhì xián sǎn		(idiom) To assign someone to an unimportant position or leave them without duties or an appointment.
沿才受职	yán cái shòu zhí		(idiom) To assign each person a position suited to their abilities.
沿才授职	yán cái shòu zhí		(idiom) To assign each person a position suited to their abilities.
用其所欲，行其所能	yòng qí suǒ yù，yòng qí suǒ néng		(idiom) To assign people tasks according to their strengths and abilities.
用违所长用違所長	yòng wéi suǒ cháng		(idiom) To assign someone work that does not match their particular strengths.
遣兵调将遣兵調將	qiǎn bīng diào jiàng		(idiom) To deploy troops and assign generals / by extension, to mobilize and organize personnel. It can also refer to arranging people according to their roles.
量才器使	liàng cái qì shǐ		(idiom) To assign people to positions according to their abilities.
量材录用	liàng cái lù yòng		(idiom) To assign positions according to the level of one’s abilities. It is equivalent to “appoint according to talent.”
量能授器	liàng néng shòu qì		(idiom) To assign each person an office or responsibility suited to the extent of their abilities.
驱骥捕鼠	qū jì bǔ shǔ		(idiom) To assign a highly capable person to a task that does not suit their abilities and that they cannot properly perform.

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"assign" Chinese-English Dictionary

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