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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 责任

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
责任 zé rèn - responsibility
- blame
- duty
- CL:個|个[ge4]

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
4 3 1,140 732 1,971

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- duty
- responsibility
- to reproach
- to blame
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)

Other Words Containing 责任

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
责任 4 3 1,140 732 1,971
责任感 - - 11,256 7,107 9,991
责任心 - - 13,982 12,633 10,779
责任人 - - 45,946 10,589 24,650
责任事故 - - 90,427 32,406 42,269