任務

See also: 任务

Chinese

		to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility	affair; business; matter
trad. (任務)		任	務
simp. (任务)		任	务

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): rènwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄨˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): жынву (řɨnvu, III-I) / жынву (řɨnvu, III-0)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁶ mou⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yim-vu / ngim-vu
• Eastern Min (BUC): êng-ô
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): līm-bū / jīm-bū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rim⁶ bhu⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zen-vu

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• 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: jên⁴-wu⁵
    • Yale: rèn-wu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renn.wuh
    • Palladius: жэньу (žɛnʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹/ → /ʐən⁵¹ u¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: жынву (řɨnvu, III-I) / жынву (řɨnvu, III-0)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐəŋ⁴⁴ vou²⁴/, /ʐəŋ⁴⁴ vou⁰/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam⁶ mou⁶
    • Yale: yahm mouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁶ mou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem⁶ mou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²² mou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yim-vu / ngim-vu
    • Hakka Romanization System: im vu / ngim vu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim⁴ vu⁴ / ngim⁴ vu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /im⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/, /ŋim⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yim-vu / ngim-vu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)im vu / ngim vu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim⁴ vu⁴ / ngim⁴ vu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)im⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/, /ŋim⁵⁵ vu⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: êng-ô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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: rim⁶ bhu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jĭm bŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zim³⁵⁻¹¹ bu³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zen-vu
    • MiniDict: zen^去 vu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-vu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² vu⁴⁴/

Noun

任務

1. 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

Sino-Xenic (任務):

• → 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 – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩmːɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

任(にん)務(む) • (ninmu) 

1. duty, task, mission

   任務(にんむ)を果(は)たした

   ninmu o hatashita

   Finished the mission

References

• 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)

1. Hanja form^? of 임무 (“mission”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
任	務

Noun

任務

1. chữ Hán form of nhiệm vụ (“task”).