Pivot construction (兼语: 有 / 派 / 委托…)

Structure Subject + V1 (有/派/委托…) + pivot + V2 + …

In the pivot construction (兼语句) one noun plays two roles at once: it is the OBJECT of the first verb and, without being repeated, the SUBJECT of the second. The first verb usually falls into two classes. (1) Existential, with 有: 门外有人找你 = "there's someone outside looking for you" (人 is the object of 有 and the subject of 找). (2) Of command or commission: 派 (send), 命 (order), 请 (ask), 委托 (entrust): 公司派他去上海 = "the company is sending him to Shanghai" (他 is the object of 派 and the subject of 去). The pivot is not repeated: it is the hinge between the two verbs. With 有 it matches an English relative clause ("there is X who…"); with 派/委托 it is a chain-of-command assignment, common in written and administrative language.

Examples

门mén外wài有yǒu人rén找zhǎo你nǐ。
There's someone outside looking for you.
公gōng司sī派pài他tā去qù上shàng海hǎi洽qià谈tán合hé作zuò。
The company is sending him to Shanghai to negotiate the partnership.
当dāng事shì人rén委wěi托tuō律lǜ师shī处chǔ理lǐ此cǐ案àn。
The party concerned entrusted a lawyer with handling the case.
上shàng级jí命mìng他tā即jí刻kè返fǎn回huí。
His superiors ordered him to return at once.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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