上任

Chinese edit

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (上任)		上	任
simp. ^#(上任)		上	任

Pronunciation 1 edit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shàngrèn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sang⁴ ren⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ jam⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ-jīm / chiōⁿ-jīm / chiūⁿ-līm / chiǔⁿ-līm / siōng-līm / siāng-jīm

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziên⁶ rim⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngrèn
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-jên⁴
  - Yale: shàng-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqrenn
  - Palladius: шанжэнь (šanžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sang⁴ ren⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sangrhen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ²¹³ zən²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ jam⁶
  - Yale: séuhng yahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ jam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ yem⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ jɐm²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxjim
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ zim³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixjim
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ d͡zim²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-līm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-līm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxlim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ lim²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ lim³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-līm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-līm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² lim⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-līm
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-līm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnglim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ lim²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² lim⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngjim
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ d͡zim²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziên⁶ rim⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiĕⁿ jĭm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zim³⁵/

Verb edit

上任

to take up a new post; to assume a new position

Synonyms edit

任事 (rènshì) (literary)
任職／任职 (rènzhí)
供職／供职 (gòngzhí) (literary)
做事 (zuòshì)
出任 (chūrèn)
到任 (dàorèn) (literary)
到職／到职 (dàozhí) (literary)
即位 (jíwèi)
就事 (jiùshì) (literary)
就任 (jiùrèn)
就位 (jiùwèi)
就職／就职 (jiùzhí)
蒞任／莅任 (lìrèn) (literary)

Derived terms edit

新官上任三把火 (xīn guān shàngrèn sān bǎ huǒ)
走馬上任／走马上任

Pronunciation 2 edit

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shàngrèn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sang⁴ ren⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ jam⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngrèn
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-jên⁴
  - Yale: shàng-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqrenn
  - Palladius: шанжэнь (šanžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sang⁴ ren⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sangrhen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ²¹³ zən²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ jam⁶
  - Yale: seuhng yahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ jam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ yem⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² jɐm²²/

Adjective edit

上任

previous; former; incumbent

Noun edit

上任

predecessor

Synonyms edit

前任 (qiánrèn)