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主任

zhǔ rèn

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个

主任 (zhǔ rèn) means "director; head". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 主任 means

1. director
2. head

The characters in 主任

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post

Example sentences

• 他以前是教授，后来当了系主任。
  Tā yǐqián shì jiàoshòu, hòulái dāng le xìzhǔrèn.
  He used to be a professor, but now he is the dean.
• 穆勒先生是我儿子汤姆的班主任。
  Mr Miller is my son Tom's form teacher.
• 在主任不在的时候，办公室由谁来负责？
  Zài zhǔrèn bù zài de shíhou, bàngōngshì yóu shéi lái fùzé?
  Who is in charge of the office while the boss is away?
• 我遇见了以前的班主任时，他问候了我的父母。
  Wǒ yùjiàn le yǐqián de bānzhǔrèn shí, tā wènhòu le wǒ de fùmǔ.
  When I met my former teacher, he inquired after my parents.

Words containing 主任

• 班主任bān zhǔ rènteacher in charge of a class
• 系主任xì zhǔ rènhead of a (university) department; department chair
• 妇女主任fù nǚ zhǔ rèndirector of the local committee of the Women's Federation
• 副主任fù zhǔ rèndeputy director; assistant head

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