"任人" meaning in All languages combined

See 任人 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /ʐən⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, variant, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 任人
  1. (alt. form 壬人) a crafty and fawning person; a sycophant
    Sense id: en-任人-zh-noun-5p5sGzmq

Verb [Chinese]

IPA: /ʐən⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jɐm²² jɐn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 任人
  1. to use or appoint people
    Sense id: en-任人-zh-verb-jX0YDcxZ
  2. to let people (do something without restrictions) Synonyms (to let people): 在人 [Hokkien], 隨人, 随人
    Sense id: en-任人-zh-verb-ugWde8lK Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 16 7 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 6 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 5 89 Disambiguation of 'to let people': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 任人唯親 (rènrénwéiqīn), 任人唯亲 (rènrénwéiqīn), 任人唯賢 (rènrénwéixián), 任人唯贤 (rènrénwéixián), 任人宰割 (rènrénzǎigē), 任人擺佈 (rènrénbǎibù), 任人摆布 (rènrénbǎibù), 任人擺布 (rènrénbǎibù), 推賢任人, 推贤任人
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "rènrénwéiqīn",
      "word": "任人唯親"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "rènrénwéiqīn",
      "word": "任人唯亲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "rènrénwéixián",
      "word": "任人唯賢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "rènrénwéixián",
      "word": "任人唯贤"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "rènrénzǎigē",
      "word": "任人宰割"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "rènrénbǎibù",
      "word": "任人擺佈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "rènrénbǎibù",
      "word": "任人摆布"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "rènrénbǎibù",
      "word": "任人擺布"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "推賢任人"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "推贤任人"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "任人",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to use or appoint people"
      ],
      "id": "en-任人-zh-verb-jX0YDcxZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "appoint",
          "appoint"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 7 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 6 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 5 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to let people (do something without restrictions)"
      ],
      "id": "en-任人-zh-verb-ugWde8lK",
      "links": [
        [
          "let",
          "let"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "sense": "to let people",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "在人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "sense": "to let people",
          "word": "隨人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "sense": "to let people",
          "word": "随人"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rènrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jam⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rènrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rènrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jên⁴-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rèn-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rennren"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žɛnʹžɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "жэньжэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jam⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yahm yàhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jam⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yem⁶ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐm²² jɐn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "任人"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "任人",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a crafty and fawning person; a sycophant"
      ],
      "id": "en-任人-zh-noun-5p5sGzmq",
      "links": [
        [
          "壬人",
          "壬人#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "crafty",
          "crafty"
        ],
        [
          "fawning",
          "fawning"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "sycophant",
          "sycophant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(alt. form 壬人) a crafty and fawning person; a sycophant"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rénrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rènrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rénrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rénrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jên²-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rén-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "renren"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žɛnʹžɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "жэньжэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "人人",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "仁人",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rènrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rènrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jên⁴-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rèn-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rennren"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žɛnʹžɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "жэньжэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "任人"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 人",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 任",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "rènrénwéiqīn",
      "word": "任人唯親"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rènrénwéiqīn",
      "word": "任人唯亲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rènrénwéixián",
      "word": "任人唯賢"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rènrénwéixián",
      "word": "任人唯贤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rènrénzǎigē",
      "word": "任人宰割"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rènrénbǎibù",
      "word": "任人擺佈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rènrénbǎibù",
      "word": "任人摆布"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rènrénbǎibù",
      "word": "任人擺布"
    },
    {
      "word": "推賢任人"
    },
    {
      "word": "推贤任人"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "任人",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to use or appoint people"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "appoint",
          "appoint"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to let people (do something without restrictions)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "let",
          "let"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rènrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jam⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rènrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rènrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jên⁴-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rèn-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rennren"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žɛnʹžɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "жэньжэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jam⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yahm yàhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jam⁶ jan⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "yem⁶ yen⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐm²² jɐn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to let people",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "在人"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to let people",
      "word": "隨人"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to let people",
      "word": "随人"
    }
  ],
  "word": "任人"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 人",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 任",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "任人",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a crafty and fawning person; a sycophant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "壬人",
          "壬人#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "crafty",
          "crafty"
        ],
        [
          "fawning",
          "fawning"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "sycophant",
          "sycophant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(alt. form 壬人) a crafty and fawning person; a sycophant"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rénrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rènrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rénrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rénrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jên²-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rén-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "renren"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žɛnʹžɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "жэньжэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "人人",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "仁人",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rènrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rènrén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jên⁴-jên²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rèn-rén"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "rennren"
    },
    {
      "roman": "žɛnʹžɛnʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "жэньжэнь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʐən⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "任人"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 任人 meaning in All languages combined (5.5kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <sup> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "任人"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "任人",
  "trace": "started on line 17, detected on line 17"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </sup>",
  "path": [
    "任人"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "任人",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: alt. form 壬人",
  "path": [
    "任人"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "任人",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: alt. form 壬人",
  "path": [
    "任人"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "任人",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (0c45963 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.