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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 任人唯贤

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
任人唯贤 rèn rén wéi xián - to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 94,383 72,647 80,238

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
rén- surname Ren
rèn- 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)
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
wéi- only
- alone
- -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)
wěi- yes
xián- worthy or virtuous person
- honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation

Other Words Containing 任人唯贤

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
任人唯贤 - - 94,383 72,647 80,238