任性

rènxìng
  1. willful
  2. headstrong
  3. unruly

CEDICT

  1. unrestrained; without border or limit
  2. willful; headstrong; self-willed; wayward

Wiktionary

  1. 放縱性情恣意而為。《後漢書．卷四八．楊終傳》：「黃門郎年幼，血氣方盛，既無長君退讓之風，而要結輕狡無行之客，縱而莫誨，視成任性。」《儒林外史．第五回》：「凡事須要斟酌些，不可任性。」也作「任情」。
  2. 順任性情之自然，不矯揉造作。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 任 rèn
  1. to assign
  2. to appoint
  3. to take up a post
  4. office
  5. responsibility
  6. to let
  7. to allow
  8. to give free rein to
  9. no matter (how, what etc)
  10. classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
2 性 xìng
  1. nature
  2. character
  3. property
  4. quality
  5. attribute
  6. sexuality
  7. sex
  8. gender
  9. suffix forming adjective from verb
  10. suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity
  11. essence

classifier: 個

Related entries

一意孤行 yīyìgūxíng
  1. obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. willful
  3. one's own way
  4. dogmatic
愎 bì
  1. perverse
  2. obstinate
  3. willful
剛愎 gāngbì
  1. headstrong
  2. perverse
驁 ào
  1. a noble steed (literary)
  2. (of a horse) untamed
  3. (fig.) (of a person) headstrong
  4. Taiwan pr. áo
不羈 bùjī
  1. unruly
  2. uninhibited
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