任期

Chinese

		to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility	a period of time; phase; stage a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope
trad. (任期)		任	期
simp. #(任期)		任	期

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rènqī, rènqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄑㄧ, ㄖㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam⁶ kei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): līm-kî / jīm-kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rènqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rènci
    • Wade–Giles: jên⁴-chʻi¹
    • Yale: rèn-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rennchi
    • Palladius: жэньци (žɛnʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rènqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rèncí
    • Wade–Giles: jên⁴-chʻi²
    • Yale: rèn-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rennchyi
    • Palladius: жэньци (žɛnʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam⁶ kei⁴
    • Yale: yahm kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam⁶ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem⁶ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm²² kʰei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līm-kî
    • Tâi-lô: līm-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lixmkii
    • IPA (Taipei): /lim³³⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim⁴¹⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²²⁻²¹ ki²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jīm-kî
    • Tâi-lô: jīm-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jixmkii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zim³³⁻²¹ ki²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zim²²⁻²¹ ki¹³/

Noun

任期

1. term of office; tenure
2. (military) tour of duty

Japanese

Kanji in this term
任	期
にん Grade: 5	き Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にんき [níꜜǹkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩŋʲkʲi]

Noun

任(にん)期(き) • (ninki) 

1. tenure, term or period of office