Chinese–EnglishWith examples

任

rèn · ren/Rén · ren

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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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)

2 examples

我(wǒ)不(bú)必(bì)对(duì)汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)所(suǒ)做(zuò)的(de)事(shì)负(fù)责(zé)任(rèn)。

I'm not responsible for what Tom did.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

他(tā)任(rèn)班(bān)长(zhǎng)已(yǐ)经(jīng)两(liǎng)年(nián)了(le)。

He has served as class monitor for two years already.

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