上任

上任 shàngrèn in a sentence

Takes office (take up a new post)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

上任 (shàngrèn) means Takes office (take up a new post). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

新经理下周 上任 。

Xīn jīnglǐ xià zhōu shàng rèn.

The new manager takes up the post next week.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 上任

他 上任 后做的第一件事就是调研。

Tā shàng rèn hòu zuò de dì yī jiàn shì jiù shì diàoyán.

The first thing he did after taking office was research.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 上任

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How is 上任 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 上任 (shàngrèn, "Takes office (take up a new post)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 上任 an HSK word?

Yes — 上任 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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