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

(Hailu, HRS): vui^ˋ rhim^˖
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): úi-līm / úi-jīm

(Teochew, Peng'im): ui² rim⁶

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^ˊ im
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹ yim⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴⁻¹¹ im⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-yim
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˊ (r)im
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹ yim⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: vui^ˋ rhim^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /vui⁵³ ʒim³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-līm
  - Tâi-lô: uí-līm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uylim
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lim⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: uí-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uyjim
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zim²²/
  - Sinological 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

to appoint; to assign a job; to assign a role

Synonyms

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任命 (rènmìng)
任用 (rènyòng)
委派 (wěipài)
委用 (wěiyòng) (formal)
引用 (yǐnyòng) (Classical Chinese)
錄用 / 录用 (lùyòng)
齒錄 / 齿录 (chǐlù) (literary)

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

(Taiwan) the lowest of the four major civil service ranks
Coordinate terms: 特任 (tèrèn), 簡任 / 简任 (jiǎnrèn), 薦任 / 荐任 (jiànrèn), 選任 / 选任 (xuǎnrèn)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いにん [ìníń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [iɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

委(い)任(にん) • (inin) ^{←ゐにん (winin)^?}

assignment, charge

Verb

委(い)任(にん)する • (inin suru) ^{←ゐにん (winin)^?}transitive suru (stem 委(い)任(にん)し (inin shi), past 委(い)任(にん)した (inin shita))

to 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”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“委任”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
委	任

Noun

委任 • (wiim) (hangeul 위임)

hanja form^? of 위임 (“assignment, charge”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-3] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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