任 rèn, rén — to appoint; to assign
任
Level 1 · Common HSK 4 #467
rèn ren4
Basic definition
verb
Detailed explanation
verb
- (形声。从人,壬( rén)声。甲骨文字形。壬是任的初文。壬即担荷的担子的竖立形。本义:挑担;荷;肩负)
- carry on a shoulder pole;carry e.g 任石 · 任车 · 任负
- bear e.g 任受 · 任患 · 任过 · 任堪
- guarantee e.g 任出 · 任保
- assign sb. to a post e.g 任良 · 任贤 · 任能 · 任势 · 新任厂长 · 任官 · 任臣 · 任寄
- believe e.g 任属 · 任信 · 任待
- allow e.g 任兴 · 任抓掀 · 任谤任劳 · 任忒 · 任令 · 任委 · 任真 · 任臆
- indudge e.g 任达
- use e.g 任力 · 任数 · 任谋 · 任算
- be in charge of e.g 任持 · 任政 · 任上
- be pregnant e.g 任娠
- render meritorious service
noun
conjunction
- even if
- no matter(what,who,how,etc.) e.g 任事儿 · 任吗儿 · 任么
measure word
- 用于担任官职的次数
rén ren2
Related words
- 任何 any; whatever
- 主任 director/head
- 责任 responsibility; duty; obligation; liability
- 任务 task; mission; assignment; duty
- 担任 to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of
- 信任 to trust; to have confidence in
- 责任制 responsibility system; system of assigning responsibility
- 责任感 sense of responsibility
- 任命 to appoint; appointment
- 任用 to appoint/to assign
- 任职 hold an office or post
- 重任 an important responsibility; a heavy task
- 任期 term of office
- 现任 at the present/hold an office/occupy a post
- 责任人 person responsible; responsible person
- 出任 to assume a post; to be appointed to
- 上任 take office
- 任意 arbitrarily; freely; willfully
- 历任 to hold jobs successively/appointed (from one job to another)
- 任免 to appoint and dismiss