责任

Character by character

• 责zé8 strokesHSK 3 traditional 責one's responsibility, duty
• 任rèn6 strokesHSK 3trust to, rely on, appoint; to bear, duty, office; allow

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我的责任是什么？

  Wǒ de zé rèn shì shén me

  What are my responsibilities?

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• 做那事是我的责任。

  Zuò nà shì shì wǒ de zé rèn

  It was my duty to do that.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 责任. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 任何rèn héHSK 3

  any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever

• 任务rèn wuHSK 3

  mission; assignment; task; duty; role

• 负责fù zéHSK 3

  to be in charge of; to take responsibility for; to be to blame; conscientious

• 任rènHSK 3

  to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)

• 信任xìn rènHSK 3

  to trust; to have confidence in

• 主任zhǔ rènHSK 3

  director; head

• 负责人fù zé rénHSK 5

  person in charge

• 职责zhí zéHSK 6

  duty; responsibility; obligation

• 担任dān rènHSK 4

  to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as

• 指责zhǐ zéHSK 5

  to criticize; to find fault with; to denounce

• 任意rèn yìHSK 7

  any; arbitrary; at will; at random

• 任命rèn mìngHSK 7

  to appoint; (job) appointment

• 谴责qiǎn zéHSK 7

  to denounce; to condemn; to criticize; condemnation; criticism

• 前任qián rènHSK 7

  predecessor; ex-; former; ex (spouse etc)

• 责任感zé rèn gǎnHSK 7

  sense of responsibility

• 现任xiàn rènHSK 7

  to occupy a post currently; current (president etc); incumbent; (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)

• 任职rèn zhíHSK 7

  to hold a post; to take office

• 任性rèn xìng

  willful; headstrong; unruly

• 上任shàng rènHSK 7

  to take office; previous (incumbent); predecessor

• 胜任shèng rènHSK 7

  qualified; competent (professionally); to be up to a task

• 责怪zé guàiHSK 7

  to blame; to rebuke

• 任期rèn qīHSK 7

  term of office; tenure (entire period in office)

• 自责zì zéHSK 7

  to blame oneself

• 责备zé bèiHSK 7

  to blame; to criticize; condemnation; reproach