升任 (shēng rèn) — to be promoted (to a higher position)

Definition

verb

to be promoted (to a higher position)

升任。
Tā yīn yè jì tū chū shēng rèn wèi bù mén jīng lǐ.
He was promoted to department manager for outstanding performance.
升任。
Tā qù nián shēng rèn le zǒng jīng lǐ zhù lǐ.
She was promoted to general manager's assistant last year.
升任。
Zhè cì shēng rèn duì tā lái shuō shì gè hěn dà de tiǎo zhàn.
This promotion is a great challenge for him.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

升shēngrise/promote

任rènpost/office

升 means to rise or promote and 任 means post or office; together they describe being promoted to a post.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape comes from a drawing of a standard dipper used to measure one 升.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻壬任

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

壬

Same sound today

任 pairs 亻, a person, with 壬, which may picture a shoulder pole turned sideways.