Chinese symbol for “arrange”
安排
ān pái
to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements
The closest CC-CEDICT match for arrange is 安排 (ān pái), defined as: to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “arrange”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 整理 | zhěng lǐ | to arrange; to tidy up |
| 列 | liè | to arrange; to line up |
| 摆 (擺) | bǎi | to arrange; to exhibit |
| 挡 (擋) | dàng | to arrange; to put in order |
| 料理 | liào lǐ | to arrange; to handle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 安排.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安全 | ān quán | safe; secure; safety; security |
| 安装 (安裝) | ān zhuāng | to install; to erect |
| 公安 | gōng ān | (Ministry of) Public Security; public safety |
| 晚安 | wǎn ān | Good night!; Good evening! |
| 平安 | píng ān | safe and sound; well |
| 排名 | pái míng | to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking |
| 排除 | pái chú | to eliminate; to remove |
| 排列 | pái liè | to arrange in order; (math.) permutation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “arrange”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.