前任

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (前任)		前	任
simp. #(前任)		前	任

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánrèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ jam⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chêng-jīm / chêng-līm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ rim⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánrèn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-jên⁴
    • Yale: chyán-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanrenn
    • Palladius: цяньжэнь (cjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ jam⁶
    • Yale: chìhn yahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ jam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ yem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ jɐm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-jīm
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-jīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengjim
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ zim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-līm
    • Tâi-lô: tsîng-līm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zenglim
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lim³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoin⁵ rim⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ jĭm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zim³⁵/

Verb

前任

1. to have previously served as; to have previously held the position of

Noun

前任

1. predecessor
2. (specifically) one's ex (ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend or ex-partner)

See also

• 現任／现任 (xiànrèn, “incumbent”)
• 繼任／继任 (jìrèn, “successor”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	任
ぜん Grade: 2	にん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

/d͡zen nim/ → /zennimu/ → /zenniɴ/

From Middle Chinese compound 前任 (MC dzen nyim).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんにん [zèńníń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

前(ぜん)任(にん) • (zennin) 

1. one's former post or appointment

   Synonym: 先任 (sennin)

   Antonym: 後任 (kōnin)

2. a predecessor

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 前(ぜん)任(にん)者(しゃ) (zenninsha, “a predecessor”)
• 前(ぜん)任(にん)地(ち) (zenninchi, “the place where one was formerly posted”)