任命

Japanese

Etymology

From Sinitic 任命.

Pronunciation

Noun

任命 (hiragana にんめい, romaji ninmei)

  1. an appointment, assignment, installation, induction, or instatement of a person to an office or position

Derived terms

  • 任命権 (にんめいけん, ninmeiken): appointive power, the power to appoint or name someone to an office or position
  • 任命式 (にんめいしき, ninmeishiki): a swearing-in ceremony

Verb

任命 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana にんめいする, romaji ninmei suru)任命する 任命 suru

  1. to appoint, assign, install, induct, or instate a person to an office or position
    課長に任命する
    かちょうににんめいする
    buchō ni ninmei suru
    to appoint or name someone to the position of department or section manager

Conjugation


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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ ʐɛn˥˩miŋ˥˩ ]
  • (file)

Verb

任命 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin rènmìng)

  1. (Advanced Mandarin) to appoint

References

  • 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
  • 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
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