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任命

rèn mìng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Measure word 纸

任命 (rèn mìng) means "to appoint; (job) appointment". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 任命 means

1. to appoint
2. (job) appointment

The characters in 任命

• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post
• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command

Example sentences

• 他被任命为议长。
  Tā bèi rènmìng wèi yìzhǎng.
  He was appointed chairman.
• 她被任命为主席。
  She was appointed chairperson.
• 他们任命他为经理。
  They appointed him as a director.
• 他被任命为驻英国大使。
  Tā bèi rènmìng wèi zhù Yīngguó dàshǐ.
  He was appointed ambassador to Britain.
• 他被任命为驻美日本大使。
  Tā bèi rènmìng wèi zhù Měi Rì běn dàshǐ.
  He was accredited to the United States to represent Japan.
• 董事会一致决定任命她为执行总裁。
  Dǒngshìhuì yīzhì juédìng rènmìng tā wèi zhíxíng zǒngcái.
  The board unanimously decided to appoint her as CEO.

Words starting with 任命

• 任命状rèn mìng zhuàngcertificate of appointment (to government office)

Sounds the same

Read rèn mìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 认命to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth

Where 任命 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · rén–rèn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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