任用

Chinese

		to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility	to use
trad. (任用)		任	用
simp. ^#(任用)		任	用

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rènyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁶ jung⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): līm-iōng / jīm-iōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rènyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rènyòng
  - Wade–Giles: jên⁴-yung⁴
  - Yale: rèn-yùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rennyonq
  - Palladius: жэньюн (žɛnʹjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam⁶ jung⁶
  - Yale: yahm yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁶ jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem⁶ yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²² jʊŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līm-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: līm-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixm'iong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lim²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lim³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lim⁴¹⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīm-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: jīm-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jixm'iong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zim²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /zim³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: nyimH yowngH

Rime
Character	任	用
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	侵 (139)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	汝鴆切	余頌切
Baxter	nyimH	yowngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪm^H/	/jɨoŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵim^H/	/jioŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjem^H/	/ioŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵim^H/	/juawŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ȵiəm^H/	/ioŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕm^H/	/jĭwoŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯əm^H/	/i̯woŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rèn	yòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam⁶	jung⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*n[ə]m-s loŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*njɯms loŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	任	用
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	rèn	yòng
Middle Chinese	‹ nyim^H ›	‹ yowng^H ›
Old Chinese	/*n[ə]m-s/	/*loŋ-s/
English	burden; charge (n.)	use (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	任	用
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	10823	15460
Phonetic component	壬	用
Rime group	侵	東
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	妊	用
Old Chinese	/*njɯms/	/*loŋs/

Verb

任用

to appoint to a position; to assign to a post

Synonyms

任命 (rènmìng)
委任 (wěirèn)
委派 (wěipài)
委用 (wěiyòng) (formal)
引用 (yǐnyòng) (Classical Chinese)
錄用 / 录用 (lùyòng)
齒錄 / 齿录 (chǐlù) (literary)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (任用):

→ Japanese: 任用(にんよう) (nin'yō)
→ Korean: 임용(任用) (imyong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
任	用
にん Grade: 5	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩɰ̃jo̞ː]

Noun

任(にん)用(よう) • (nin'yō)

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