聘任

Chinese

		betrothed; engage (teacher); hire	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (聘任)		聘	任
simp. #(聘任)		聘	任

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pìnrèn, pìngrèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˋ, ㄆㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ping³ jam⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phèng-līm / phèng-jīm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pìnrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pìnrèn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin⁴-jên⁴
    • Yale: pìn-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinnrenn
    • Palladius: пиньжэнь (pinʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pìngrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pìngrèn
    • Wade–Giles: pʻing⁴-jên⁴
    • Yale: pìng-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pinqrenn
    • Palladius: пинжэнь (pinžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ping³ jam⁶
    • Yale: ping yahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ping³ jam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ping³ yem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪŋ³³ jɐm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phèng-līm
    • Tâi-lô: phìng-līm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheanglim
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ lim³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ lim²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lim⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phèng-jīm
    • Tâi-lô: phìng-jīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pheangjim
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ zim³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zim²²/

Verb

聘任

1. to appoint (someone to a position)

Synonyms

• 延攬／延揽 (yánlǎn) (literary)
• 延聘 (yánpìn)
• 搜羅／搜罗 (sōuluó)
• 羅致／罗致 (luózhì) (literary)
• 聘用 (pìnyòng)
• 聘請／聘请 (pìnqǐng)
• 請／请