任人唯親

Chinese

		to use or appoint people; to let people	yes; only; alone	dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
trad. (任人唯親)		任人	唯	親
simp. (任人唯亲)		任人	唯	亲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rènrénwéiqīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁶ jan⁴ wai⁴ can¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rènrénwéiqīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄑㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rènrénwéicin
    • Wade–Giles: jên⁴-jên²-wei²-chʻin¹
    • Yale: rèn-rén-wéi-chīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rennrenweichin
    • Palladius: жэньжэньвэйцинь (žɛnʹžɛnʹvɛjcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam⁶ jan⁴ wai⁴ can¹
    • Yale: yahm yàhn wàih chān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁶ jan⁴ wai⁴ tsan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem⁶ yen⁴ wei⁴ cen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²² jɐn²¹ wɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

任人唯親

1. to appoint people by favouritism; nepotism