Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT

Welcome to the MDBG free online English to Chinese dictionary, the no. 1 Chinese study aid! This website offers more than just a Chinese to English and English to Chinese dictionary, it offers various tools such as: flashcards, quizzes, text annotation, Chinese text input, written Chinese and more. The MDBG dictionary is used in many schools and universities all over the world, discover why! Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!

Chinese dictionary for Windows 10

MDBG Chinese Reader is the perfect dictionary application for Microsoft Windows. Translate Chinese text and Lookup Mandarin pinyin for Chinese words easily. Just glide your mouse over the Chinese text and a pop-up window shows English translations and Mandarin pronunciations. Learn Chinese faster with MDBG!


handwriting
Auto complete input: off | on

74 results on this page.

Usage Tips
Traditional
Pīnyīn
English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *任* | 任* | *任
to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
HSK 3
to trust / to have confidence in
HSK 3
to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as
HSK 4
director / head / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
responsibility / blame / duty / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *任* | 任* | *任
surname Ren
to take office / previous (incumbent) / predecessor
HSK 7-9
civil liability (law)
to take up a post; to start in a new job
HSK 7-9
predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc)
HSK 7-9
qualified / competent (professionally) / to be up to a task
HSK 7-9
heavy responsibility
HSK 7-9
to take office / to assume a post
HSK 7-9
to continue in (a political) office / to serve for another term of office
HSK 7-9
-elect / designate / (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)
next office holder / next to serve
to hold a concurrent post / part-time; (in academia) adjunct
HSK 7-9
to promote and appoint
legal responsibility; liability
to take office; to assume a post
to take over (as minister, manager etc)
teacher in charge of a class
to be promoted to
to fill a post of; to act as
Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇
to appoint
newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office)
liable / responsible
(idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities; to put the right people in the right places
corporate social responsibility (CSR)
to take responsibility / to bear responsibility / to be responsible
(literary) to entrust (sb) with an important task
then (as in "the then chairman")
to appoint (to a position) / appointed
HSK 7-9
to appoint
to ignore / to let alone / to indulge
to appoint / to be appointed
successor / to take up a position subsequently as ... / (attributive) future; subsequent
to evade responsibility / to shirk
to make it one's business / to take upon oneself to
trusty
director of the local committee of the Women's Federation
to set apart / to assign sb to a job
to remain in office; to hold on to one's job
to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law)
not to be up to the task (idiom) / incompetent
rotating appointment (e.g. presidency of EU)
deputy director / assistant head
to be appointed or elevated to a post
(idiom) to take office; to assume a post
extremely (pleased, grateful etc)
to attend / to take office / to be present (in administrative capacity)
to leave office / to leave one's post
to retire / to leave one's position
to occupy a post currently / current (president etc); incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)
HSK 7-9
first person to be appointed to a post
to succeed sb in a job / successor
permanent
(of the holder of an official post which no longer exists) the last (incumbent)
at fault / blamed for / responsible (for a blunder or crime)
to leave office
(of one person) to hold the successive posts of / (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc)
laissez-faire
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
full-time / to appoint sb to a specific task
to resign (a position)
to bear one's own responsibilities and not pass them to others (idiom)
to transfer / to move to another post
head of a (university) department; department chair
to travel to take up a new post
to let (sth happen) / to allow (sb to do sth) / to submit to / to yield
special appointment


Tip: Looking for an offline dictionary? Try MDBG Chinese Reader for Windows or MDBG Chinese-English dictionary for macOS!
© 2025 MDBG Made in Holland Made in Europe
Automated or scripted access is prohibited
Privacy and cookies