任
rènRén HSK3

responsibility

任 rèn frequency
term measure word
classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses and partners

他是我们学校的第二任校长。

tā shì wǒ​men xué​xiào de dì'èr rèn xiào​zhǎng.

He is the second principal of our school.

appoint verb
to assign, appoint, or take up a post, office, or responsibility

他在该市任市长多年，口碑极佳。

tā zài gāi shì rèn shì​zhǎng duō nián, kǒu​bēi jí jiā.

He served as the mayor of this city for many years and has an excellent reputation.

no matter conjunction
no matter how, what, or who; regardless of

任你怎么解释，我也不想再听了。

rèn nǐ zěn​me jiě​shì, wǒ yě bù xiǎng zài tīng le.

No matter how you explain it, I don't want to hear it anymore.

allow verb
to let, allow, or give free rein to

这三种方案你可以任选其一。

zhè sān zhǒng fāng'àn nǐ kě​yǐ rèn xuǎn qí yī.

You can choose any one of these three options.

任 Rén
Ren proper name
surname Ren

任先生是我们的新经理。

Rén xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de xīn jīng​lǐ.

Mr. Ren is our new manager.

Frequency
Character
Written text
186th most common 1098.1 per million
Movie subtitles
239th most common 733.3 per million appears in 92% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
27.3 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
99.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+4EFB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)