HSK 4 · Objects

任务 rènwu “mission” in Chinese

Traditional 任務

What 任务 means

  1. mission
  2. assignment
  3. task
  4. duty
  5. role

Measure word 项 xiàng · 一项任务 yí xiàng rènwu

How to say 任务

  • 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 neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own务wuneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

任务 in a sentence

  1. 这是个不可能的任务。

    Zhè shì ge bù kěnéng de rènwu.

    This is an impossible task.

    Sentence #9962877 from Tatoeba

  2. 根据时间表，这个任务应该在这周内结束。

    Gēnjù shíjiānbiǎo, zhè ge rènwu yīnggāi zài zhè zhōu nèi jiéshù.

    According to the schedule, this task should be finished this week.

    Sentence #2938668 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 任务完成。

    Rènwu wánchéng.

    Mission accomplished.

    Sentence #7768129 from Tatoeba

How 任务 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 务 (wù) with each of its parts in a different colour
务wùaffairlight in 任务
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 力strength · lì

Memory aidPicture setting off 夂 with all your strength 力: to work at a task.

How to write 任务

任 6 strokes · 务 5 strokes

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

Words related to 任务

Words with 任

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 务

服务员fúwùyuán · waiter服务fúwù · to serve家务jiāwù · household duties业务yèwù · business商务shāngwù · business义务yìwù · duty公务gōngwù · official business事务shìwù · affairs职务zhíwù · post财务cáiwù · financial affairs

More words: Everyday Things

桥qiáo · bridge情况qíngkuàng · circumstances区别qūbié · difference缺点quēdiǎn · weak point日记rìjì · diary沙发shāfā · sofa数量shùliàng · amount数字shùzì · numeral

FAQs

任务 (rènwu) means “mission” or “assignment”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it rènwu: rèn with a 4th tone, then wu with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 任务 is written 任務. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 项 (xiàng). For example, one mission is 一项任务 (yí xiàng rènwu).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type renwu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 任务 from the suggestions. Typing renwu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
任务 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.