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责

zé

HSK 4 Character Traditional 責

What 责 means

1. duty
2. responsibility
3. to reproach
4. to blame

Example sentences

• 法不责众。
  Everybody's business is nobody's business.
• 我责备你。
  I blame you.
• 我会责备他。
  I'll scold him.
• 她指责我说谎。
  She accused me of telling a lie.
• 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.

Words starting with 责

• 责任zé rènresponsibility; duty; liability
• 责备zé bèito blame; to criticize; condemnation
• 责怪zé guàito blame; to rebuke
• 责任感zé rèn gǎnsense of responsibility
• 责任心zé rèn xīnsense of responsibility
• 责令zé lìngto order; to enjoin; to charge
• 责任人zé rèn rénresponsible person; coordinator
• 责问zé wènto demand an explanation
• 责骂zé màto scold
• 责编zé biāneditor in charge (abbr. for 责任编辑
• 责任制zé rèn zhìsystem of job responsibility
• 责难zé nànto censure
• 责成zé chéngto charge (an entity) with (a task); to assign (sb) the task of
• 责无旁贷zé wú páng dàito be duty bound; to be one's unshirkable responsibility
• 责罚zé fáto punish
• 责打zé dǎto punish by flogging
• 责任保险zé rèn bǎo xiǎnliability insurance
• 责任编辑zé rèn biān jíeditor in charge
• 责任事故zé rèn shì gùaccident occurring due to negligence
• 责有攸归zé yǒu yōu guīresponsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)
• 责备求全zé bèi qiú quánsee 求全责备

Words containing 责

• 负责fù zéto be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
• 指责zhǐ zéto criticize; to find fault with; to denounce
• 谴责qiǎn zéto denounce; to condemn; to criticize
• 负责人fù zé rénperson in charge
• 职责zhí zéduty; responsibility; obligation
• 自责zì zéto blame oneself
• 斥责chì zéto lash out; to reprimand
• 罪责zuì zéguilt
• 尽责jìn zéto do one's duty; to do one's bit conscientiously
• 尽职尽责jìn zhí jìn zéresponsible and diligent (idiom)
• 全责quán zéfull responsibility
• 问责wèn zéto hold accountable; to blame; to censure; to apportion blame
• 专责zhuān zéspecific responsibility
• 当责dāng zéaccountability
• 重责zhòng zéheavy responsibility; serious criticism
• 切责qiè zéto blame; to reprimand
• 问责性wèn zé xìngaccountability
• 有责任yǒu zé rènliable; responsible
• 人人有责rén rén yǒu zéit is everyone's duty
• 民事责任mín shì zé rèncivil liability (law)
• 求全责备qiú quán zé bèito demand perfection (idiom)
• 法律责任fǎ lǜ zé rènlegal responsibility; liability
• 免责miǎn zéexemption from responsibility
• 失责shī zébreach of responsibility; failure to carry out one's duty

Characters that look like 责

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 贡gòngto offer tribute; tribute; gifts
• 贵guìexpensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank
• 贯guànto pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together
• 贲bēnenergetic

Sounds the same

Read zé, tone for tone, but written differently.

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