上任 meaning in English

shàngrèn

to take office; previous (incumbent)

HSK 7-99 strokes

Meaning of 上任

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shàngrèn

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā的de英yīng语yǔ说shuō得de比bǐ班bān上shàng任rèn何hé人rén都dōu好hǎo。

She speaks English better than any of her classmates.

杰jié米mǐ的de英yīng语yǔ比bǐ他tā班bān上shàng任rèn何hé一yí个gè同tóng学xué的de都dōu好hǎo。

Jim is above any of his classmates in English.

新xīn官guān上shàng任rèn三sān把bǎ火huǒ。

A new broom sweeps clean.

她tā唱chàng歌gē唱chàng得de比bǐ班bān上shàng任rèn何hé一yí个gè人rén好hǎo。

She can sing better than anybody else in her class.

世shì界jiè上shàng任rèn何hé山shān峰fēng都dōu达dá不bú到dào珠zhū穆mù朗lǎng玛mǎ峰fēng的de高gāo度dù。

No other mountain in the world is as tall as Mt. Everest.

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Words that share a character with 上任.

马上	mǎshàng	at once; right away
晚上	wǎnshang	evening; night
身上	shēnshang	on the body; at hand
早上	zǎoshang	early morning
上次	shàng cì	last time
路上	lùshang	on the road; on the way; en route
上班	shàngbān	to go to work; to be on duty
上车	shàng chē	to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
地上	dìshang	on the ground; on the floor
楼上	lóu shàng	upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
车上	chē shang
上学	shàngxué	to go to school; to attend school

What does 上任 mean?

上任 (shàngrèn) means "to take office; previous (incumbent)".

How do you write 上任?

上任 is made of 2 characters: 上 (3 strokes), 任 (6 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 上任 an HSK word?

Yes. 上任 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.