繼任

Chinese

		to continue; to follow after; then to continue; to follow after; then; afterwards; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (繼任)		繼	任
simp. (继任)		继	任

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìrèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai³ jam⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kè-līm / kè-jīm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gi³ rim⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìrèn
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-jên⁴
    • Yale: jì-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihrenn
    • Palladius: цзижэнь (czižɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai³ jam⁶
    • Yale: gai yahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai³ jam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei³ yem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³³ jɐm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-līm
    • Tâi-lô: kè-līm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kealim
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lim⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ lim²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke²¹⁻⁴¹ lim³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ lim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-jīm
    • Tâi-lô: kè-jīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keajim
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke²¹⁻⁴¹ zim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zim²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gi³ rim⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kì jīm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki²¹³⁻⁵⁵ d͡zim¹¹/

Verb

繼任

1. to succeed somebody in a post or job

Noun

繼任

1. successor

See also

• 前任 (qiánrèn, “predecessor”)
• 現任／现任 (xiànrèn, “incumbent”)