受任

shòurèn
  1. to appoint
  2. to be appointed

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 受 shòu
  1. to receive
  2. to accept
  3. to suffer
  4. subjected to
  5. to bear
  6. to stand
  7. pleasant
  8. (passive marker)
  9. (LGBT) bottom
2 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)

Related entries

任人 rènrén to appoint (sb to a post)
任命 rènmìng
  1. to appoint
  2. (job) appointment

classifier: 紙

他被任命為議長。

He was appointed chairman.

Source: Tatoeba

任用 rènyòng
  1. to appoint
  2. to assign
加委 jiāwěi (of a government authority) to appoint (sb recommended by a subsidiary unit or a non-government organization)
委任 wěirèn to appoint
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