安排
Consider it done
安排！Consider it done!
安排 is the ordinary word for “to arrange”. As slang it is a one-word reply that means “consider it done”, “I’m in” or “let’s do it”.
- Took off
- 2018
- Started in
- Kuaishou videos
- Today
- Now everyday Chinese
What it means
A friend suggests hot pot tonight, and you answer 安排！ It means yes, and that you will make it happen. 必须安排 is the stronger form: “this has to happen”.
安排上了 says that the thing is done: the table is booked, the order is placed. 给你安排上了 means “I’ve sorted it out for you”.
How people use it
安排 is still a common, cheerful reply in chats. It is casual, so keep it for friends and for coworkers you joke with.
In formal Chinese, 安排 keeps its plain meaning: a schedule, a plan, to arrange a meeting.
今晚吃火锅吗？
Hot pot tonight?安排！我来订位子
Consider it done! I’ll book a table.七点，老地方
Seven o’clock, the usual place.安排上了，七点见
Booked. See you at seven.
More examples
周末去爬山？安排！
Hiking this weekend? I’m in!
你想吃的蛋糕，我给你安排上了。
The cake you wanted? I’ve ordered it for you.
新年第一顿火锅，必须安排。
The first hot pot of the new year? It has to happen.
Where it came from
A round-up of the words of 2018, republished by Jiemian that December, lists 安排上了. It says the phrase started on Kuaishou, the short-video app, as a catchphrase in the dialect of northeast China, where it means “it’s done”.
That is one article. We found no other source that names the first video or the first speaker.
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Sources
- Jiemian: the words of 2018 (in Chinese) (jiemian.com)
- eChineseLearning on the slang uses of 安排, October 2020 (echineselearning.com)
Checked November 2026. The picture at the top is our own drawing of 灯灯. It is not the original meme image.
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