上任

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (上任)		上	任
simp. ^#(上任)		上	任

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shàngrèn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sang⁴ ren⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ jam⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiūⁿ-jīm / chiōⁿ-jīm / chiūⁿ-līm / chiǔⁿ-līm / siōng-līm / siāng-jīm

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziên⁶ rim⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngrèn
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-jên⁴
  - Yale: shàng-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqrenn
  - Palladius: шанжэнь (šanžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sang⁴ ren⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sangrhen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ²¹³ zən²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ jam⁶
  - Yale: séuhng yahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ jam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ yem⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ jɐm²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxjim
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siũ³³⁻²¹ zim³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiōⁿ-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiōnn-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvioixjim
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔ̃²²⁻²¹ d͡zim²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiūⁿ-līm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiūnn-līm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviuxlim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siũ²²⁻²¹ lim²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ³³⁻¹¹ lim³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiǔⁿ-līm
  - Tâi-lô: tsiǔnn-līm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ²² lim⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-līm
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-līm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxnglim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ lim²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² lim⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngjim
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ d͡zim²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziên⁶ rim⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiĕⁿ jĭm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩẽ³⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zim³⁵/

Verb

上任

to take up a new post; to assume a new position

Synonyms

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任事 (rènshì) (literary)
任職／任职 (rènzhí)
供職／供职 (gòngzhí) (literary)
做事 (zuòshì)
出任 (chūrèn)
到任 (dàorèn) (literary)
到職／到职 (dàozhí) (literary)
即位 (jíwèi)
就事 (jiùshì) (literary)
就任 (jiùrèn)
就位 (jiùwèi)
就職／就职 (jiùzhí)
蒞任／莅任 (lìrèn) (literary)

Derived terms

新官上任三把火 (xīn guān shàngrèn sān bǎ huǒ)
走馬上任／走马上任 (zǒumǎshàngrèn)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shàngrèn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sang⁴ ren⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ jam⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngrèn
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-jên⁴
  - Yale: shàng-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqrenn
  - Palladius: шанжэнь (šanžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sang⁴ ren⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sangrhen
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ²¹³ zən²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ jam⁶
  - Yale: seuhng yahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ jam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ yem⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² jɐm²²/

Adjective

上任

previous; former; incumbent

Noun

上任

predecessor

Synonyms

前任 (qiánrèn)