责任
zé​rèn HSK3

duty

责任 (責任) zé​rèn
duty noun
a duty or obligation to perform a task or function

保护环境是每个公民的责任。

bǎo​hù huán​jìng shì měi gè gōng​mín de zé​rèn.

Protecting the environment is every citizen's responsibility.

blame noun
accountability or culpability for a fault, error, or accident

这次事故的责任主要在于施工单位违反了操作规程。

zhè cì shì​gù de zé​rèn zhǔ​yào zài​yú shī​gōng dān​wèi wéi​fǎn le cāo​zuò guī​chéng.

The responsibility for this accident lies mainly with the construction company for violating operating procedures.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
76.6 per million appears in 27% of films
Written text
169.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Cross-References

Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)