HSK 6 · Work

任命 rènmìng “to appoint” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 任命 means

  1. to appoint
  2. appointment
  3. (job) appointment

Measure word 纸 zhǐ · 一纸任命 yì zhǐ rènmìng

How to say 任命

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale命mìng4th tone, falling

任命 in a sentence

  1. 他们任命他为经理。

    Tāmen rènmìng tā wéi jīnglǐ.

    They appointed him manager.

    Sentence #816432 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她被任命为主席。

    Tā bèi rènmìng wéi zhǔxí.

    She was appointed chair.

    Sentence #825140 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 董事会一致决定任命她为执行总裁。

    Dǒngshìhuì yízhì juédìng rènmìng tā wéi zhíxíng zǒngcái.

    The board unanimously decided to appoint her as CEO.

    Sentence #805191 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 任命 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 命 (mìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
命mìnglife
  • 令command · líng
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 任命

任 6 strokes · 命 8 strokes

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

Words related to 任命

Words with 任

任务rènwu · mission责任zérèn · responsibility任何rènhé · any信任xìnrèn · to trust担任dānrèn · to hold (a post)主任zhǔrèn · director任性rènxìng · wilful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 命

生命shēngmìng · life寿命shòumìng · life span命令mìnglìng · order命运mìngyùn · fate性命xìngmìng · life (of a person or animal)命名mìngmíng · to name拼命pīnmìng · desperately革命gémìng · revolution使命shǐmìng · mission要命yàomìng · terribly

More words: Work & Career

评估pínggū · to evaluate签署qiānshǔ · to sign (an agreement)洽谈qiàtán · to negotiate请示qǐngshì · to ask for instructions上级shàngjí · superior上任shàngrèn · to take office事务shìwù · affairs事业shìyè · career

FAQs

任命 (rènmìng) means “to appoint” or “appointment”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it rènmìng: rèn with a 4th tone, then mìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 任命 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 纸 (zhǐ). For example, one to appoint is 一纸任命 (yì zhǐ rènmìng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type renming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 任命 from the suggestions. Typing renming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
任命 is an HSK 6 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.