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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zen-vu

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. Neipu)
  - 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

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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
任	務
にん Grade: 5	む Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にんむ [níꜜǹmù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ĩmːɯ̟]

Noun

任(にん)務(む) • (ninmu)

duty, task, mission
任務(にんむ)を果(は)たした
ninmu o hatashita
Finished the mission

References

^ 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

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)

hanja form^? of 임무 (“mission”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
任	務

Noun

任務

chữ Hán form of nhiệm vụ (“task”).

[NHK-1] 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

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