The Chinese word 指派 (zhǐpài) is a compound verb formed by combining two meaningful characters: 指 (zhǐ), which means "to point to" or "to indicate", and 派 (pài), which means "to dispatch" or "to assign". Together, they create a single lexical unit where the meaning of the first character logically precedes and modifies the action of the second; it describes the act of pointing someone out (designating them) and then sending them on a mission or assigning them a duty. This formation follows a common syntactic structure in Chinese known as a verb-verb (V-V) resultative or coordinative compound, where the two actions are sequential and complementary, resulting in the comprehensive meaning "to appoint" or "to designate (for a task)".