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任性

rèn xìng

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

任性 (rèn xìng) means "willful; headstrong; unruly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 任性 means

1. willful
2. headstrong
3. unruly

The characters in 任性

• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post
• 性xìngnature; character; property

Example sentences

• 有的时候，Dennis很任性。
  Yǒudeshíhòu,Dennis hěn rènxìng.
  Dennis can be very wild sometimes.

Sounds the same

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

• 韧性toughness

Where 任性 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.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read rèn xìng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.