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聘任

pìn rèn
HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Rare

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Definitions

  1. 1. to appoint (to a position)
  2. 2. appointed

Word relationships

Antonyms

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解聘
jiě pìn

to dismiss an employee

To dismiss from an appointed position.

Register variants

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聘请
pìn qǐng

to engage

More formal and respectful, often used for inviting experts.

Related words

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雇用
gù yòng

to employ

General employment, not necessarily an official position.

Synonyms

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任命
rèn mìng

to appoint

Assigning an official post, but 聘任 often implies a contract-based hiring.

Usage notes

Collocations

聘任 usually takes an official position as its object (e.g., 聘任他为教授), not a company or person.

Formality

聘任 is formal; in everyday speech, 雇 or 请 are more common for hiring.

Example Sentences

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学校 聘任 了一位新教授。
The school appointed a new professor.

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Child Words of 聘任

任
rèn

to assign

聘
pìn

to engage (a teacher etc)