Dictionary › 负责任

负责任

fù zé rèn

3-character word Traditional 負責任

What 负责任 means

1. to take responsibility
2. to bear responsibility
3. to be responsible

The characters in 负责任

• 负fùto bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on
• 责zéduty; responsibility; to reproach
• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post

Example sentences

• 我不必对汤姆所做的事负责任。
  Wǒ bù bì duì Tāngmǔ suǒ zuò de shì fùzérèn.
  I'm not responsible for what Tom did.
• 他要负责任，这责任可担待不了。
  Tā yào fùzérèn, zhè zérèn kě dāndài buliǎo.
  He had to be responsible, but this was a responsibility that he couldn’t bear.
• 我对你不负责任的态度感到惊讶。
  I am alarmed by your irresponsible attitude.
• 他要负责任，但这责任他可担当不了。
  He had to be responsible, but this was a responsibility that he couldn’t bear.