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责任

zé rèn

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

责任 (zé rèn) means "responsibility". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 责任 means

1. responsibility; duty; liability

The characters in 责任

• 责zéduty; responsibility; to reproach
• 任rènto assign; to appoint; to take up a post

Example sentences

• 我对此负有责任。
  Wǒ duì cǐ fùyǒuzérèn.
  I am responsible for that.
• 失败的责任在他。
  He is to blame for the failure.
• 我的责任是什幺？
  What are my responsibilities?
• 他有强烈的责任感。
  Tā yǒu qiángliè de zérèngǎn.
  He has a strong sense of responsibility.
• 帮助你是我的责任。
  It's my duty to help you.
• 责任应该由你来负。
  It is you that are to blame for it.

Words starting with 责任

• 责任感zé rèn gǎnsense of responsibility
• 责任心zé rèn xīnsense of responsibility
• 责任人zé rèn rénresponsible person; coordinator
• 责任制zé rèn zhìsystem of job responsibility
• 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

Words containing 责任

• 有责任yǒu zé rènliable; responsible
• 民事责任mín shì zé rèncivil liability (law)
• 法律责任fǎ lǜ zé rènlegal responsibility; liability
• 负责任fù zé rènto take responsibility; to bear responsibility; to be responsible
• 负有责任fù yǒu zé rènat fault; blamed for; responsible (for a blunder or crime)
• 企业社会责任qǐ yè shè huì zé rèncorporate social responsibility (CSR)
• 连带责任lián dài zé rènto bear joint responsibility for sth; joint liability (law)
• 逃避责任táo bì zé rènto evade responsibility; to shirk
• 中航技进出口有限责任公司Zhōng háng jì Jìn chū kǒu Yǒu xiàn Zé rèn Gōng sīChina National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC)
• 农村家庭联产承包责任制nóng cūn jiā tíng lián chǎn chéng bāo zé rèn zhìrural household contract responsibility system, PRC government policy linking rural…

Where 责任 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Society, law & regulations (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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