聽任

Chinese

		let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (聽任)		聽	任
simp. (听任)		听	任

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tīngrèn, tìngrèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥ ㄖㄣˋ, ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ting³ jam⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiaⁿ-līm / theng-līm / theng-jīm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tīngrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tingrèn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing¹-jên⁴
    • Yale: tīng-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tingrenn
    • Palladius: тинжэнь (tinžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tìngrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tìngrèn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing⁴-jên⁴
    • Yale: tìng-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tinqrenn
    • Palladius: тинжэнь (tinžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ting³ jam⁶
    • Yale: ting yahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting³ jam⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting³ yem⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ³³ jɐm²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiaⁿ-līm
    • Tâi-lô: thiann-līm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvialim
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiã³³ lim⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: theng-līm
    • Tâi-lô: thing-līm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tenglim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lim²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: theng-jīm
    • Tâi-lô: thing-jīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tengjim
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zim²²/

Verb

聽任

1. to allow; to let somebody do as he or she pleases

Synonyms

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• 任憑／任凭 (rènpíng)
• 坐視／坐视 (zuòshì)
• 眼看 (yǎnkàn)
• 聽憑／听凭 (tīngpíng)
• 隨／随 (suí)