任意

Chinese

 
to assign; to appoint; office
to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
 
idea; meaning; wish
idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy
trad. (任意) 任 意
simp. #(任意) 任 意

Pronunciation


Adverb

任意

  1. as one pleases; as one likes; whatever one wants

Synonyms

  • 恣意 (zìyì)
  • 狂 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)

Adjective

任意

  1. (attributive) arbitrary; willful

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (任意):
  • → Japanese: 任意(にんい) (nin'i)
  • → Korean: 임의(任意) (imui)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
任 意
にん
Grade: 5
い
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

    Adjective

    任(にん)意(い) • (nin'i) -na (adnominal 任(にん)意(い)な (nin'i na), adverbial 任(にん)意(い)に (nin'i ni))

    1. arbitrary, as one wants or thinks
    2. free, up to a person, according to their will, voluntary

    Inflection

    Noun

    任(にん)意(い) • (nin'i) 

    1. any choices, arbitrary selections
    2. free will

    Derived terms

    References

    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
    • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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