前任

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (前任)		前	任
simp. ^#(前任)		前	任

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánrèn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ jam⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chêng-jīm / chêng-līm

(Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ rim⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánrèn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-jên⁴
  - Yale: chyán-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanrenn
  - Palladius: цяньжэнь (cjanʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʐən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ jam⁶
  - Yale: chìhn yahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ jam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ yem⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ jɐm²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengjim
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²³⁻³³ zim³³/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-līm
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-līm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zenglim
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ lim³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zoin⁵ rim⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ jĭm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ d͡zim³⁵/

Verb

前任

to have previously served as; to have previously held the position of

Noun

前任

predecessor
(specifically) one's ex (ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend or ex-partner)

See also

現任／现任 (xiànrèn, “incumbent”)
繼任／继任 (jìrèn, “successor”)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	任
ぜん Grade: 2	にん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

/d͡zen nim/ → /zennimu/ → /zenniɴ/

From Middle Chinese compound 前任 (MC dzen nyim).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜんにん [zèńníń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟ɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

前(ぜん)任(にん) • (zennin)

one's former post or appointment
Synonym: 先任 (sennin)

Antonym: 後任 (kōnin)
a predecessor

Derived terms

Derived terms

前(ぜん)任(にん)者(しゃ) (zenninsha, “a predecessor”)
前(ぜん)任(にん)地(ち) (zenninchi, “the place where one was formerly posted”)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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