上任

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (上任)		上	任
simp. #(上任)		上	任

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shàngrèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sang⁴ ren⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ jam⁶

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ-jīm / chiōⁿ-jīm / chiūⁿ-līm / chiǔⁿ-līm / siōng-līm / siāng-jīm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziên⁶ rim⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngrèn
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-jên⁴
    • Yale: shàng-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqrenn
    • Palladius: шанжэнь (šanžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: sang⁴ ren⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sangrhen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ²¹³ zən²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ jam⁶
    • Yale: séuhng yahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ jam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ yem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ jɐm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-jīm
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-jīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxjim
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ zim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-jīm
    • Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-jīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixjim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ d͡zim²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-līm
    • Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-līm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxlim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ lim²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ lim³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-līm
    • Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-līm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² lim⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-līm
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-līm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnglim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ lim²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² lim⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-jīm
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-jīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngjim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ d͡zim²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziên⁶ rim⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiĕⁿ jĭm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zim³⁵/

Verb

上任

1. to take up a new post; to assume a new position

Synonyms

• 任事 (rènshì) (literary)
• 任職／任职 (rènzhí)
• 供職／供职 (gòngzhí) (literary)
• 做事 (zuòshì)
• 出任 (chūrèn)
• 到任 (dàorèn) (literary)
• 到職／到职 (dàozhí) (literary)
• 即位 (jíwèi)
• 就事 (jiùshì) (literary)
• 就任 (jiùrèn)
• 就位 (jiùwèi)
• 就職／就职 (jiùzhí)
• 蒞任／莅任 (lìrèn) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 新官上任三把火 (xīn guān shàngrèn sān bǎ huǒ)
• 走馬上任／走马上任

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shàngrèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sang⁴ ren⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ jam⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngrèn
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-jên⁴
    • Yale: shàng-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqrenn
    • Palladius: шанжэнь (šanžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: sang⁴ ren⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sangrhen
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ²¹³ zən²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ jam⁶
    • Yale: seuhng yahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ jam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ yem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² jɐm²²/

Adjective

上任

1. previous; former; incumbent

Noun

上任

1. predecessor

Synonyms

• 前任 (qiánrèn)