赴任

Chinese

		go towards; go to; attend (a banquet, etc.) go towards; go to; attend (a banquet, etc.); to go	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (赴任)		赴	任
simp. ^#(赴任)		赴	任

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fùrèn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu⁶ jam⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hù-jīm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fùrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fùrèn
  - Wade–Giles: fu⁴-jên⁴
  - Yale: fù-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhrenn
  - Palladius: фужэнь (fužɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu⁶ jam⁶
  - Yale: fuh yahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu⁶ jam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu⁶ yem⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː²² jɐm²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hù-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: hù-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huojim
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hu²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zim²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ d͡zim⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zim²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hu¹¹⁻⁵³ d͡zim³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu²¹⁻⁴¹ zim³³/

Verb

赴任

(literary) to take up one's new post; to depart for one's new post

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赴	任
ふ Grade: S	にん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふにん [fùníń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

赴(ふ)任(にん) • (funin)

taking up a new post

Derived terms

単身赴任(たんしんふにん) (tanshinfunin)

Verb

赴(ふ)任(にん)する • (funin suru) suru (stem 赴(ふ)任(にん)し (funin shi), past 赴(ふ)任(にん)した (funin shita))

to take up a new post

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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