任事

Chinese

		to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (任事)		任	事
simp. #(任事)		任	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rènshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁶ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jīm-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rènshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rènshìh
    • Wade–Giles: jên⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: rèn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rennshyh
    • Palladius: жэньши (žɛnʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: yahm sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²² siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīm-sū
    • Tâi-lô: jīm-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixmsu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zim²²⁻²¹ su²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡zim⁴¹⁻²² su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zim²²⁻²¹ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡zim³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zim³³⁻²¹ su³³/

Verb

任事

1. (literary) to assume office

Synonyms

• 上任 (shàngrèn)
• 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)