任

How to write 任, stroke by stroke

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What 任 means

surname Ren; to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)

Pictophonetic: semantic 亻 (person), phonetic 壬

Made of 亻 + 壬

Words with 任

• 任何rèn héany; whatever; whichever
• 任务rèn wumission; assignment; task; duty; role
• 信任xìn rènto trust; to have confidence in
• 责任zé rènresponsibility; blame; duty
• 主任zhǔ rèndirector; head
• 担任dān rènto hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as
• 前任qián rènpredecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc)
• 任命rèn mìngto appoint; (job) appointment
• 任性rèn xìngwillful; headstrong; unruly
• 胜任shèng rènqualified; competent (professionally); to be up to a task
• 任意rèn yìany; arbitrary; at will; at random
• 任由rèn yóuto let (sb do sth); to allow; regardless of

任 in a sentence

• 这不是任何人都能做的事。

  zhè bú shì rèn hé rén dōu néng zuò de shì 。

  It's not something anyone can do.

• 我绝对信任你。

  wǒ jué duì xìn rèn nǐ 。

  I have absolute trust in you.

• 学生有清扫教室的责任。

  xué shēng yǒu qīng sǎo jiào shì de zé rèn 。

  It is the students' duty to clean their classrooms.

• 群众妨碍了警员执行任务。

  qún zhòng fáng ài le jǐng yuán zhí xíng rèn wu 。

  The crowd obstructed the police in the discharge of their duties.

• 我叔叔让我担任翻译。

  wǒ shū shu ràng wǒ dān rèn fān yì 。

  My uncle made me serve as interpreter.

Characters that sound like 任

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