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Responsibility
責任 is the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean word for "responsibility."
責任 can also refer to someone who is willing to take the blame when things go wrong (instead of making excuses or passing the blame to someone else). While this is a noble idea, I think it is getting more rare these days in both eastern and western cultures.
Also associated with the idea of "duty."
Duty / Responsibility / Obligation
zhí zé
If you have a sense of duty or sense of responsibility, this might be the wall scroll that you want to hang above your desk. It is a great way to quietly remind yourself to take pride in your duties at all times.
In a different context, this can mean "official duties" or "position."
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Responsibility | 責任 责任 | sekinin | zé rèn / ze2 ren4 / ze ren / zeren | tse jen / tsejen |
| Duty Responsibility Obligation | 職責 职责 | zhí zé / zhi2 ze2 / zhi ze / zhize | chih tse / chihtse | |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
職責 职责 see styles |
zhí zé / zhi2 ze2 chih tse shokuseki / しょくせき |
 More info & calligraphy: one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work |
責任 责任 see styles |
zé rèn / ze2 ren4 tse jen sekinin / せきにん |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); (2) liability; onus |
任 see styles |
rèn / ren4 jen nin / にん |
to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) obligation; duty; charge; responsibility; (given name) Makoto Bear, endure, let; office; it is used to connote laisser-faire; one of the 四病, as 任運 implies laisser-aller; it is intp. by let things follow their own course, or by 自然 naturally, without intervention; acceptance |
兜 see styles |
dōu / dou1 tou tō / かぶと |
pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old) helmet (of armor, armour); headpiece; (place-name, surname) Kabuto Helmet, hood; pocket, bag; translit. tu; helmet |
役 see styles |
yì / yi4 i yaku / やく |
forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle (1) role; assignment; responsibility; duty; function; job; service; (2) position (of responsibility); post; office; (3) part (in a play, film, etc.); role; character; (4) scoring combination (in mahjong, card games, etc.); meld; hand; (given name) Mamoru |
推 see styles |
tuī / tui1 t`ui / tui sui |
to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage To push away, recede from, decline, resign, push, put, put of; investigate; to push |
攬 揽 see styles |
lǎn / lan3 lan ran |
to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass To seize, hold in the arms, embrace; monopolize; to seize |
歸 归 see styles |
guī / gui1 kuei ki |
to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor Return to, give oneself up to; commit oneself to, surrender; cf. 三歸 śaraṇa-gamana; to return (to one's original place) |
罪 see styles |
zuì / zui4 tsui tsumi / つみ |
guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin (n,adj-na,adj-no) (1) crime; sin; wrongdoing; indiscretion; (2) penalty; sentence; punishment; (3) fault; responsibility; culpability; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) thoughtlessness; lack of consideration That which is blameworthy and brings about bad karma; entangled in the net of wrong-doing; sin, crime. |
荷 see styles |
hè / he4 ho ni / に |
to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibility (1) load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods; (2) burden; responsibility; (personal name) Hasu A small-leaved water-lily, a marshmallow; to carry bear. |
衝 冲 see styles |
chòng / chong4 ch`ung / chung shou / sho / しょう |
powerful; vigorous; pungent; towards; in view of (1) important point (e.g. on a route); (2) important role (responsibility, etc.); (3) {astron} (See 合・ごう・4) opposition; (personal name) Katsuhiro |
責 责 see styles |
zé / ze2 tse seki / せき |
duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame (See 責任・1) responsibility; duty; obligation; (given name) Seki to upbraid |
一存 see styles |
ichizon / いちぞん | one's own discretion (idea, responsibility); (given name) Kazumasa |
事權 事权 see styles |
shì quán / shi4 quan2 shih ch`üan / shih chüan |
position; authority; responsibility |
仔肩 see styles |
zī jiān / zi1 jian1 tzu chien |
to bear responsibility for something |
仕切 see styles |
shikiri / しきり | (irregular okurigana usage) (1) partition; division; boundary; compartment; (2) settlement of accounts; (3) (sumo) preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; (4) directing; controlling; managing; taking responsibility for; (surname) Shikiri |
作主 see styles |
zuò zhǔ / zuo4 zhu3 tso chu |
to decide; to make decisions; to take responsibility (for deciding); to be in charge; to give sb justice |
倒換 倒换 see styles |
dǎo huàn / dao3 huan4 tao huan |
to take turns; to rotate (responsibility) |
倒替 see styles |
dǎo tì / dao3 ti4 tao t`i / tao ti |
to take turns (responsibility); to replace |
偷安 see styles |
tōu ān / tou1 an1 t`ou an / tou an |
to shirk responsibility; thoughtless pleasure-seeking |
免責 see styles |
menseki / めんせき | (n,vs,adj-no) exemption from responsibility; disclaimer |
冠る see styles |
kamuru / かむる kaburu / かぶる | (transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself); (2) (kana only) to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water; (3) (kana only) to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden); (4) to overlap (e.g. sound or color); (5) to be similar; to be redundant; (v5r,vi) (6) to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.); (7) to close; to come to an end; (8) to get a full house; to sell out; (9) (archaism) to blunder; to bungle; to fail; (10) (archaism) to be deceived |
分外 see styles |
fèn wài / fen4 wai4 fen wai bungai / ぶんがい |
exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job (noun or adjectival noun) not within proper limits; excessive; unmerited; special to be beyond one's limitations |
分擔 分担 see styles |
fēn dān / fen1 dan1 fen tan |
to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility) See: 分担 |
務め see styles |
tsutome / つとめ | (1) service; duty; business; responsibility; task; (2) Buddhist religious services |
勤め see styles |
tsutome / つとめ | (1) service; duty; business; responsibility; task; (2) Buddhist religious services |
包乾 包干 see styles |
bāo gān / bao1 gan1 pao kan |
to have the full responsibility of a job; allocated task |
包攬 包揽 see styles |
bāo lǎn / bao1 lan3 pao lan |
to monopolize; to take on responsibility over everything; to undertake the whole task |
囑累 嘱累 see styles |
zhǔ lěi / zhu3 lei3 chu lei shokurui |
To entrust to, lay responsibility upon; transmission |
埋單 埋单 see styles |
mái dān / mai2 dan1 mai tan |
to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese); (fig.) to bear responsibility |
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