出 chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 屮 sprout 凵 container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
出任
chūrèn
to take up a post; to serve as
Characters in this word
任 rèn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 壬 9th heavenly stem
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她曾长期负责海外业务，后来出任集团首席执行官。 Tā céng chángqī fùzé hǎiwài yèwù, hòulái chūrèn jítuán shǒuxí zhíxíngguān. She was long responsible for overseas operations and later took up the post of group chief executive officer.
- 他被邀请出任这所学校的校长。 Tā bèi yāoqǐng chūrèn zhè suǒ xuéxiào de xiàozhǎng. He was invited to take up the post of principal of this school.
- 老医生退休后出任社区医院的顾问。 Lǎo yīshēng tuìxiū hòu chūrèn shèqū yīyuàn de gùwèn. After retiring, the old doctor took a post as consultant at the community hospital.