就任

Chinese

		at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (就任)		就	任
simp. ^#(就任)		就	任

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùrèn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄖㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zau⁶ jam⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiū-jīm / chiū-līm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiùrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòurèn
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-jên⁴
  - Yale: jyòu-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowrenn
  - Palladius: цзюжэнь (czjužɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zau⁶ jam⁶
  - Yale: jauh yahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶ jam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶ yem⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²² jɐm²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiū-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxjim
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu³³⁻²¹ zim³³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiū-līm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiū-līm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciuxlim
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu³³⁻¹¹ lim³³/

Verb

就任

to take office; to assume office; to be inaugurated

Synonyms

上任 (shàngrèn)
任事 (rènshì) (literary)
任職 / 任职 (rènzhí)
供職 / 供职 (gòngzhí) (literary)
做事 (zuòshì)
出任 (chūrèn)
到任 (dàorèn) (literary)
到職 / 到职 (dàozhí) (literary)
即位 (jíwèi)
就事 (jiùshì) (literary)
就位 (jiùwèi)
就職 / 就职 (jiùzhí)
蒞任 / 莅任 (lìrèn) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
就	任
しゅう Grade: 6	にん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゅうにん [shùúníń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕɨːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

就(しゅう)任(にん) • (shūnin) ^{←しうにん (siunin)^?}

inauguration

Verb

就(しゅう)任(にん)する • (shūnin suru) intransitive suru (stem 就(しゅう)任(にん)し (shūnin shi), past 就(しゅう)任(にん)した (shūnin shita))

be inaugurated, assume office

Conjugation

Conjugation of "就任する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	就任し	しゅうにんし	shūnin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	就任し	しゅうにんし	shūnin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	就任する	しゅうにんする	shūnin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	就任する	しゅうにんする	shūnin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	就任すれ	しゅうにんすれ	shūnin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	就任せよ¹ 就任しろ²	しゅうにんせよ¹ しゅうにんしろ²	shūnin seyo¹ shūnin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	就任される	しゅうにんされる	shūnin sareru
Causative	就任させる就任さす	しゅうにんさせるしゅうにんさす	shūnin saseru shūnin sasu
Potential	就任できる	しゅうにんできる	shūnin dekiru
Volitional	就任しよう	しゅうにんしよう	shūnin shiyō
Negative	就任しない	しゅうにんしない	shūnin shinai
Negative continuative	就任せず	しゅうにんせず	shūnin sezu
Formal	就任します	しゅうにんします	shūnin shimasu
Perfective	就任した	しゅうにんした	shūnin shita
Conjunctive	就任して	しゅうにんして	shūnin shite
Hypothetical conditional	就任すれば	しゅうにんすれば	shūnin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

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

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
就	任

Noun

就任 • (chwiim) (hangeul 취임)

hanja form^? of 취임 (“inauguration”)