任

rén
  1. (historical) an ancient music of the southern indigenous people
  2. (historical) an ancient woman's rank of nobility
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 壬 (rén, “artful; fawning”)
  4. a surname
  5. alternative form of 壬 (rén, “artful; fawning”)
  6. an ancient music of the southern indigenous people
  7. an ancient woman's rank of nobility

Wiktionary

Homographs

任 Rén surname Ren
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)

Examples

我不信任银行。

I don't trust banks.

Source: Tatoeba

我一直不信任汤姆。

I've always distrusted Tom.

Source: Tatoeba

他不胜任这份工作。

He is not qualified for the job.

Source: Tatoeba

我第一任妻子去世了。

My first wife is dead.

Source: Tatoeba

你不信任汤姆，对吗？

You don't believe Tom, do you?

Source: Tatoeba

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Containing this entry

任城 Rènchéng see 任城区 Rènchéng Qū
任天堂 Rèntiāntáng Nintendo
任直 Rènzhí Nintendo Direct (announcement presentation)
吴任臣 Wú Rènchén Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China 十国春秋
宋任穷 Sòng Rènqióng Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army
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