任

The character "任" has 6 strokes. "任" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "任" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "任" are "rèn" "rén" . View the stroke order of "任">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "任"

v.: assign sb to a post; appoint; assume; take up; hold; undertake; bear; let; allow; give free reign to

n.: official post; office

quant.: (the number of terms one served on a post)

conj.: no matter (how, what, etc)

• appoint : v.任命；委派；约定；受权处置；规定；注定；命令；颁布法令
• assume : v.假设；臆断；承担；就；呈现；具有；假装；僭取；夺取
• take up : 占据, 吸引(注意力)；开始从事；继续, 进行下去
• hold : v.抓住；拿着；托住；夹住；拘留；稳定；容纳；能装；拥有；为（人）保留；控制；防止；举行
• undertake : v.着手做；开创；承担；接受；保证；承诺；同意；答应
• bear : v.携带；拿；支持；支撑；忍受；生育；拐弯；不能忍受；表现；经得起
• let : v.允许；让；出租；妨 碍；阻碍；设；但愿；使通过；让我们…吧
• allow : v.承认；允许；让；给予；酌留；认为；考虑到；顾及；同意…做；准许…拥有
• office : n.办公室；官职；公职；好事；每日的祈祷；任务；作用；祈祷；储藏室；办事处

Form words with "任"

任系主任 be the department chair

任总理 serve as Premier

任选项 option

任社会职务 take a public role

任大主教圣职 be consecrated Archbishop

荷负重任 shoulder heavy responsibilities

负责任的大国 responsible major country

为过错负责任 be liable for the faults

建立一个负责任的政府 establish an accountable government

Example phrases using "任"

• 这些领导有的任正职，有的任副职。

  Some of these leaders are chiefs while the rest of them are deputies.

• 任别人怎么说，他也不动摇。

  He won’t shift his ground whatever others say.

• 到处传说她将任下届主席。

  Her name is being bandied about as the next chairperson.

• 她提议由张先生任主席。

  She proposed that Mr Zhang be chairman.

• 你要对此负责任。

  You’ll have to answer for it.

• 两位都在劳合·乔治手下任高级职务。

  Both held high office under Lloyd George.

• 负责任的、组织良好的商行。

  Responsible, well-conducted businesses.

• 她曾经先后担任过数任董事会董事的秘书。

  She had been secretary to a succession of board directors.

• 两个动词都可以和两个不定式中的任一个连用。

  Both verbs can be construed with either infinitive.

• 他为该报工作了５０年，后期任该报政治编辑。

  He worked on the paper for fifty years, latterly as its political editor.