Chinese

Verb

任命

1. to appoint

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 任命 ‎(nyim^H mjæng^H, literally “burden, charge + command”). Compare modern Mandarin 任命 ‎(rènmìng, “to appoint”).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) にんめい [nìńméé] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [nĩmme̞ː]

Noun

任命 ‎(hiragana にんめい, romaji ninmei)

1. an appointment, assignment, installation, induction, or instatement of a person to an office or position

Derived terms

Verb

任命する ‎(hiragana にんめいする, romaji ninmei suru)

1. to appoint, assign, install, induct, or instate a person to an office or position

   課長 (かちょう)に任命 (にんめい)する

   kachō ni ninmei suru

   to appoint or name someone to the position of department or section manager

Conjugation

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.