委任

Chinese

		give up; indeed; to commission give up; indeed; to commission; crooked	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (委任)		委	任
simp. #(委任)		委	任

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěirèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² jam⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vî-yim
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): úi-līm / úi-jīm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui² rim⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěirèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěirèn
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-jên⁴
    • Yale: wěi-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeirenn
    • Palladius: вэйжэнь (vɛjžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai² jam⁶
    • Yale: wái yahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² jam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² yem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵ jɐm²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-yim
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi´ im
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹ yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴⁻¹¹ im⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-yim
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi´ (r)im
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹ yim⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-līm
    • Tâi-lô: uí-līm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uylim
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lim⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-jīm
    • Tâi-lô: uí-jīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uyjim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zim²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zim³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ui² rim⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi jĭm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zim³⁵/

Verb

委任

1. to appoint; to assign a job; to assign a role

Synonyms

• 任命 (rènmìng)
• 任用 (rènyòng)
• 委派 (wěipài)
• 委用 (wěiyòng) (formal)
• 引用 (yǐnyòng) (Classical Chinese)
• 錄用／录用 (lùyòng)

 

Derived terms

• 委任狀／委任状

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (委任):

• → Japanese: 委(い)任(にん) (inin)
• → Korean: 위임(委任) (wiim)

Noun

委任

1. the lowest of the four major civil service ranks

Japanese

Kanji in this term
委	任
い Grade: 3	にん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いにん [ìníń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [iɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

委(い)任(にん) • (inin) ^{←ゐにん (winin)?}

1. assignment, charge

Verb

委(い)任(にん)する • (inin suru) transitive suru (stem 委(い)任(にん)し (inin shi), past 委(い)任(にん)した (inin shita))

1. entrust

Conjugation

Conjugation of "委任する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	委任し	いにんし	inin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	委任し	いにんし	inin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	委任する	いにんする	inin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	委任する	いにんする	inin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	委任すれ	いにんすれ	inin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	委任せよ¹ 委任しろ²	いにんせよ¹ いにんしろ²	inin seyo¹ inin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	委任される	いにんされる	inin sareru
Causative	委任させる 委任さす	いにんさせる いにんさす	inin saseru inin sasu
Potential	委任できる	いにんできる	inin dekiru
Volitional	委任しよう	いにんしよう	inin shiyō
Negative	委任しない	いにんしない	inin shinai
Negative continuative	委任せず	いにんせず	inin sezu
Formal	委任します	いにんします	inin shimasu
Perfective	委任した	いにんした	inin shita
Conjunctive	委任して	いにんして	inin shite
Hypothetical conditional	委任すれば	いにんすれば	inin sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

• 委(い)任代(にんだい)理(り)人(にん) (inin dairinin, “authorized agent”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
委	任

Noun

委任 • (wiim) (hangeul 위임)

1. Hanja form^? of 위임 (“assignment, charge”).