# 委任
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wěirèn
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄖㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^2$ jam$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vî-yim
    (Hailu, HRS): vui$^ˋ$ rhim$^˖$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): úi-līm / úi-jīm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ui$^2$ rim$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wěirèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄖㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wěirèn
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^3$-jên$^4$
*** Yale: wěi-rèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeirenn
*** Palladius: вэйжэнь (vɛjžɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^2$ jam$^6$
*** Yale: wái yahm
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^2$ jam$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^2$ yem$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯³⁵ jɐm²²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-yim
*** Hakka Romanization System: vi$^ˊ$ im
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vi$^1$ yim$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴⁻¹¹ im⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-yim
*** Hakka Romanization System: vi$^ˊ$ (r)im
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vi$^1$ yim$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: vui$^ˋ$ rhim$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /vui⁵³ ʒim³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-līm
*** Tâi-lô: uí-līm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uylim
*** IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lim²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lim⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-jīm
*** Tâi-lô: uí-jīm
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uyjim
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zim²²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zim³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ui$^2$ rim$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi jĭm
*** Sinological IPA : /ui⁵²⁻³⁵ d͡zim³⁵/

### Verb

委任
* to appoint; to assign a job; to assign a role

#### Synonyms

* 任命 (rènmìng)
* 任用 (rènyòng)
* 委派 (wěipài)
* 委用 (wěiyòng) (formal)
* 引用 (yǐnyòng) (Classical Chinese)
* 錄用 / 录用 (lùyòng)
* 齒錄 / 齿录 (chǐlù) (literary)

#### Derived terms

* 委任狀 / 委任状

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 委(い)任(にん) (inin)
* → Korean: 위임(委任) (wiim)

### Noun

委任
* (Taiwan) the lowest of the four major civil service ranks
    Coordinate terms: 特任 (tèrèn), 簡任 / 简任 (jiǎnrèn), 薦任 / 荐任 (jiǎnrèn), 選任 / 选任 (xuǎnrèn)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 委 | 任 |
| い Grade: 3 | にん Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いにん [ìníń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [iɲ̟ĩɴ]

### Noun

委(い)任(にん) • (inin)
* assignment, charge

### Verb

委(い)任(にん)する • (inin suru) transitive suru (stem 委(い)任(にん)し (inin shi), past 委(い)任(にん)した (inin shita))
* entrust

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 委任し | いにんし | inin shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 委任し | いにんし | inin shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 委任する | いにんする | inin suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 委任する | いにんする | inin suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 委任すれ | いにんすれ | inin sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 委任せよ¹ 委任しろ² | いにんせよ¹ いにんしろ² | inin seyo¹ inin shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 委任される | いにんされる | inin sareru |
| Causative | 委任させる 委任さす | いにんさせる いにんさす | inin saseru inin sasu |
| Potential | 委任できる | いにんできる | inin dekiru |
| Volitional | 委任しよう | いにんしよう | inin shiyō |
| Negative | 委任しない | いにんしない | inin shinai |
| Negative continuative | 委任せず | いにんせず | inin sezu |
| Formal | 委任します | いにんします | inin shimasu |
| Perfective | 委任した | いにんした | inin shita |
| Conjunctive | 委任して | いにんして | inin shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 委任すれば | いにんすれば | inin sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

#### Derived terms

* 委(い)任代(にんだい)理(り)人(にん) (inin dairinin, “authorized agent”)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 委 | 任 |

### Noun

委任 • (wiim) (hangeul 위임)
* hanja form of 위임 (“assignment, charge”)