派任

pàirèn
  1. to set apart
  2. to assign sb to a job

CEDICT

to appoint (someone) the role of

Wiktionary

分派任用。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 派 pài
  1. (literary) tributary; branch of a river
  2. clique; school; group; faction
  3. (bound form) style; manner
  4. to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb)
  5. classifier for factions, groups etc
  6. (preceded by 一 yī) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc
  7. (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...
  8. (loanword) pie
2 任 rèn
  1. to assign
  2. to appoint
  3. to take up a post
  4. office
  5. responsibility
  6. to let
  7. to allow
  8. to give free rein to
  9. no matter (how, what etc)
  10. classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)

Related entries

选派 xuǎnpài
  1. to select
  2. to detail
  3. to set apart
  4. to appoint