HSK 4 · Function Words

任何 rènhé “any” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 任何 means

  1. any
  2. whatever
  3. whichever

How to say 任何

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale任rèn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale何hé2nd tone, rising

任何 in a sentence

  1. 我不需要任何帮助。

    Wǒ bù xūyào rènhé bāngzhù.

    I don’t need any help.

    Sentence #4757623 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 任何时间我都可以。

    Rènhé shíjiān wǒ dōu kěyǐ.

    Any time suits me.

    Sentence #1020108 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你可以去任何你想去的地方。

    Nǐ kěyǐ qù rènhé nǐ xiǎng qù de dìfang.

    You can go anywhere you want.

    Sentence #866055 from Tatoeba

How 任何 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 任 (rèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
任rènto assign
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 壬part of the characterSound part
The character 何 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
何héwhat
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 可may · kě

How to write 任何

任 6 strokes · 何 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

任何 (rènhé) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 任何 (rènhé). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 任何

Words with 任

任务rènwu · mission责任zérèn · responsibility信任xìnrèn · to trust担任dānrèn · to hold (a post)主任zhǔrèn · director任性rènxìng · wilful任命rènmìng · to appoint上任shàngrèn · to take office任意rènyì · at will任重道远rènzhòngdàoyuǎn · to carry a heavy responsibility (lit. heavy load

Words with 何

何必hébì · there is no need何况hékuàng · let alone如何rúhé · how

More words: Particles & Connectors

全部quánbù · whole却què · but确实quèshí · indeed然而rán'ér · however仍然réngrán · still稍微shāowēi · a little bit甚至shènzhì · even十分shífēn · very

FAQs

任何 (rènhé) means “any” or “whatever”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it rènhé: rèn with a 4th tone, then hé with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 任何 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type renhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 任何 from the suggestions. Typing renhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
任何 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.