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负责

fù zé

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 負責

负责 (fù zé) means "be responsible for". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 负责 means

1. to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for
2. conscientious

The characters in 负责

• 负fùto bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on
• 责zéduty; responsibility; to reproach

Example sentences

• 究竟谁要负责？
  Who exactly is responsible?
• 宣传由我来负责。
  Xuānchuán yóu wǒ lái fùzé.
  I'm in charge of the propaganda.
• 你要对结果负责。
  You are responsible for the result.
• 谁负责这个部门？
  Who's in charge of this section?
• 谁负责销售部门？
  Who's in charge of the sales section?
• 他负责这个部门。
  He's in charge of the department.

Words starting with 负责

• 负责人fù zé rénperson in charge
• 负责任fù zé rènto take responsibility; to bear responsibility; to be responsible

Sounds the same

Read fù zé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 附则supplementary provision; bylaw; additional article (law)

Where 负责 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Work tasks & management (HSK 4), 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 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fù zé correctly.
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