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责任 (zé rèn): Responsibility (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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责 • zé • duty, responsibility
zé责

duty, responsibility

任 • rèn • to appoint, to bear, to allow
rèn任

to appoint, to bear, to allow

Word Info

Pinyinzé rèn
Meaningresponsibility
Characters2
SyntaxNoun

HSK 4 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 责任.

  • 过程guò chéngcourse of events
  • 否则fǒu zéif not
  • 放弃fàng qìto renounce
  • 互联网hù lián wǎngInternet
  • 互相hù xiāngeach other
  • 经济jīng jìeconomics
  • 工资gōng zīwage; salary
  • 经验jīng yànexperience
  • 出生chū shēngbirth; to be born
  • 安排ān páito arrange; plan
  • 比如bǐ rúfor example; for instance; such as
  • 后悔hòu huǐto regret
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 责任.

Words with 责
  • 负责fù zéresponsible for
  • 负责人fù zé rénperson in charge
  • 责备zé bèireproach; blame; reprove
  • 指责
zhǐ zé
censure; criticise; find fault with
  • 职责zhí zéduty
  • 谴责qiǎn zécondemn; blame; denounce
  • 责怪zé guàiblame
  • 自责zìzéSelf-blame
    • Words with 任
    • 任何rèn héany
    • 任务rèn wutask
    • 主任zhǔ rèndirector
    • 信任xìn rènto trust
    • 担任dān rènassume the office of; to hold the post of
    • 上任shàng rèntake up an official post; assume office
    • 任命rèn mìngappoint; commission; designate
    • 任性rèn xìngcapricious; willful
    4.

    How to Use 责任 in Sentences

    Verb + Object
    tuī推
    xiè卸
    zé责
    rèn任
    neutral
    shirk responsibility
    chéng承
    dān担
    zé责
    rèn任
    formal
    take responsibility
    Measure Word + Nounwith份
    yī一
    fèn份
    zé责
    rèn任
    Subject + Predicatewith重大
    zé责
    rèn任
    zhòng重
    dà大
    Adjective + Nounwith社会
    shè社
    huì会
    zé责
    rèn任
    5.

    Example Sentences with 责任

    wǒ我
    yǒu有
    zé责
    rèn任
    zhào照
    gù顾
    neutral
    a share of responsibility
    formal
    heavy responsibility
    formal
    social responsibility
    dì弟
    di弟
    。
    I have the responsibility to take care of my younger brother.
    zhào照
    gù顾
    fù父
    mǔ母
    shì是
    zǐ子
    nǚ女
    de的
    zé责
    rèn任
    。
    Taking care of parents is the responsibility of children.
    zuò作
    wéi为
    bān班
    zhǎng长
    ，
    tā他
    chéng承
    dān担
    zhe着
    guǎn管
    lǐ理
    bān班
    jí级
    de的
    zé责
    rèn任
    。
    As the class monitor, he bears the responsibility of managing the class.
    tā他
    bìng并
    bù不
    xiǎng想
    táo逃
    bì避
    zé责
    rèn任
    ，
    zhǐ只
    shì是
    xū需
    yào要
    shí时
    jiān间
    chǔ处
    lǐ理
    。
    He doesn't want to shirk responsibility; he just needs time to deal with it.
    liú遛
    gǒu狗
    shí时
    qīng清
    lǐ理
    chǒng宠
    wù物
    fèn粪
    biàn便
    ，
    zhè这
    shì是
    yǎng养
    gǒu狗
    rén人
    de的
    jī基
    běn本
    zé责
    rèn任
    。
    Cleaning up pet waste while walking the dog is a basic responsibility of dog owners.