Chinese symbol for “dispatch”
调度
diào dù
Traditional: 調度
to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage; dispatcher
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dispatch is 调度 (diào dù), defined as: to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage; dispatcher; scheduler.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dispatch”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遣 | qiǎn | (bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel |
| 发出 (發出) | fā chū | to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh) |
| 发货 (發貨) | fā huò | to dispatch; to send out goods |
| 调遣 (調遣) | diào qiǎn | to dispatch; to assign |
| 派遣 | pài qiǎn | to send (on a mission); to dispatch |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 调度.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation; inquiry |
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
| 调整 (調整) | tiáo zhěng | to adjust; to revise; to reorganize |
| 协调 (協調) | xié tiáo | to coordinate; to harmonize |
| 调节 (調節) | tiáo jié | to adjust; to regulate |
| 空调 (空調) | kōng tiáo | air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dispatch”.
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.