聘任

pìn rèn

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Rare

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Definitions

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

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 解聘 jiě pìn 解聘 jiě pìn to dismiss an employee To dismiss from an appointed position.: to dismiss an employee

Register variants

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• 聘请 pìn qǐng 聘请 pìn qǐng to engage More formal and respectful, often used for inviting experts.: to engage

Related words

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• 雇用 gù yòng 雇用 gù yòng to employ General employment, not necessarily an official position.: to employ

Synonyms

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• 任命 rèn mìng 任命 rèn mìng to appoint Assigning an official post, but 聘任 often implies a contract-based hiring.: to appoint

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 任 rèn: to assign
• 聘 聘 pìn: to engage (a teacher etc)