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)
simp. #(任意)

Pronunciation


Adverb

任意

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

Synonyms

  • 恣意 (zìyì)
  • (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
にん
Grade: 5

Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

    Adjective

    (にん)() (nin'i) -na (adnominal (にん)() (nin'i na), adverbial (にん)() (nin'i ni))

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

    Inflection

    Noun

    (にん)() (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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