任命

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ChineseEdit

		to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility	life; fate
simp. and trad. (任命)		任	命

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rènmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁶ ming⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yin-min
• Min Nan (POJ): līm-bēng / jīm-bēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
    • Pinyin: rènmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rennminq
    • IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 任命 認命／认命

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam⁶ ming⁶
    • Yale: yahm mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁶ ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem⁶ ming⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐm²² mɪŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin-min
    • Hakka Romanization System: in min
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin⁴ min⁴
    • IPA: /in⁵⁵ min⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin-min
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in min
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin⁴ min⁴
    • IPA: /(j)in⁵⁵ min⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līm-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: līm-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixmbeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim⁴¹⁻²² biɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lim³³⁻¹¹ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīm-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: jīm-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixmbeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑim³³⁻²¹ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑim²²⁻²¹ biɪŋ²²/

VerbEdit

任命

1. to appoint

Derived termsEdit

• 任免 (rènmiǎn)

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
任	命
にん Grade: 5	めい Grade: 3
on'yomi

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Chinese compound 任命 (nyim^H mjæng^H, literally “burden, charge + command”). Compare modern Mandarin 任命 (rènmìng, “to appoint”).

PronunciationEdit

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) にんめい [nìńméé] (Heiban - [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩmme̞ː]

NounEdit

任命 (hiragana にんめい, rōmaji ninmei)

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

Derived termsEdit

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

AntonymsEdit

• 罷免 (ひめん) (himen, “dismissal”)

Related termsEdit

• 任用 (にんよう) (nin'yō)

VerbEdit

任命する (hiragana にんめい, rōmaji ninmei)

1. to appoint, assign, install, induct, or instate a person to an office or position

   課長 (かちょう)に任命 (にんめい)する

   kachō ni ninmei suru

   to appoint or name someone to the position of department or section manager

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of "任命する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	任命し	にんめいし	ninmei shi
Continuative (連用形)	任命し	にんめいし	ninmei shi
Terminal (終止形)	任命する	にんめいする	ninmei suru
Attributive (連体形)	任命する	にんめいする	ninmei suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	任命すれ	にんめいすれ	ninmei sure
Imperative (命令形)	任命せよ¹ 任命しろ²	にんめいせよ¹ にんめいしろ²	ninmei seyo¹ ninmei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	任命される	にんめいされる	ninmei sareru
Causative	任命させる 任命さす	にんめいさせる にんめいさす	ninmei saseru ninmei sasu
Potential	任命できる	にんめいできる	ninmei dekiru
Volitional	任命しよう	にんめいしよう	ninmei shiyō
Negative	任命しない	にんめいしない	ninmei shinai
Negative continuative	任命せず	にんめいせず	ninmei sezu
Formal	任命します	にんめいします	ninmei shimasu
Perfective	任命した	にんめいした	ninmei shita
Conjunctive	任命して	にんめいして	ninmei shite
Hypothetical conditional	任命すれば	にんめいすれば	ninmei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

ReferencesEdit

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.