任命

Chinese

 
to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
life; fate
simp. and trad.
(任命)

Pronunciation


Verb

任命

  1. to appoint

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: 5
めい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 任命 (nyimH mjængH, literally burden, charge + command). Compare modern Mandarin 任命 (rènmìng, to appoint).

Pronunciation

Noun

任命 (hiragana にんめい, rōmaji ninmei)

  1. an appointment, assignment, installation, induction, or instatement of a person to an office or position

Antonyms

Derived terms

Verb

任命する (hiragana にんめいする, rōmaji ninmei suru)

  1. to appoint, assign, install, induct, or instate a person to an office or position
     () (ちょう) (にん) (めい)する
    kachō ni ninmei suru
    to appoint or name someone to the position of department or section manager

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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