# 任務
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): rènwù
       (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄨˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): жынву (řɨnvu, III-I) / жынву (řɨnvu, III-0)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jam$^6$ mou$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yim-vu / ngim-vu
    (Hailu, HRS): rhim$^˖$ vu$^ˇ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): êng-ô
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): līm-bū / jīm-bū
    (Teochew, Peng'im): rim$^6$ bhu$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zen-vu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rènwù → rènwu (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄨˋ → ㄖㄣˋ ˙ㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rènwů
*** Wade–Giles: jên$^4$-wu$^5$
*** Yale: rèn-wu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn.wuh
*** Palladius: жэньу (žɛnʹu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/ → /ʐən⁵¹ u¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: жынву (řɨnvu, III-I) / жынву (řɨnvu, III-0)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐəŋ⁴⁴ vou²⁴/, /ʐəŋ⁴⁴ vou⁰/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jam$^6$ mou$^6$
*** Yale: yahm mouh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jam$^6$ mou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yem$^6$ mou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐm²² mou̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yim-vu / ngim-vu
*** Hakka Romanization System: im vu / ngim vu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yim$^4$ vu$^4$ / ngim$^4$ vu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /im⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/, /ŋim⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yim-vu / ngim-vu
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)im vu / ngim vu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yim$^4$ vu$^4$ / ngim$^4$ vu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)im⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/, /ŋim⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rhim$^˖$ vu$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒim³³ vu¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: êng-ô
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ $^{(Ø-)}$ŋou²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līm-bū
*** Tâi-lô: līm-bū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lixmbu
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lim⁴¹⁻²² bu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lim²²⁻²¹ bu²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lim³³⁻¹¹ bu³³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīm-bū
*** Tâi-lô: jīm-bū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jixmbu
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zim²²⁻²¹ bu²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zim³³⁻²¹ bu³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: rim$^6$ bhu$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jĭm bŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /d͡zim³⁵⁻¹¹ bu³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zen-vu
*** MiniDict: zen$^去$ vu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zen-vu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² vu⁴⁴/

### Noun

任務
* task; assignment; job; mission
    完成任務／完成任务 ― wánchéng rènwù ― to complete a task
    生產任務／生产任务 ― shēngchǎn rènwù ― production task
    目前的任務／目前的任务 ― mùqián de rènwù ― the task at hand
    任務清單／任务清单 ― rènwù qīngdān ― to-do list
    緊急任務／紧急任务 ― jǐnjí rènwù ― urgent task

#### Usage notes

Generally, 任務／任务 (rènwù) refers to an ordinary task, while 使命 (shǐmìng) refers to a task of some importance.

#### Synonyms

* 作業／作业 (zuòyè)

#### Derived terms

* 任務管理器 / 任务管理器 (rènwù guǎnlǐqì)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 任(にん)務(む) (ninmu)
* → Korean: 임무(任務) (immu)
* → Vietnamese: nhiệm vụ (任務)

#### See also

* 使命 (shǐmìng)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 任 | 務 |
| にん Grade: 5 | む Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) にんむ [níꜜǹmù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɲ̟ĩmːɯ̟]

### Noun

任(にん)務(む) • (ninmu)
* duty, task, mission
    任務(にんむ)を果(は)たした
       ninmu o hatashita
       Finished the mission

### References

* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 任 | 務 |

### Noun

任務 • (immu) (hangeul 임무)
* hanja form of 임무 (“mission”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 任 | 務 |

### Noun

任務
* chữ Hán form of nhiệm vụ (“task”).