Chinese Word: 責 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

責 (Simplified: 责)HSK 4

Pinyin: zé

English Definition: duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame

Chinese Definition:
①分内应做的事：责任。尽责。负责。职责。专责。责无旁贷。
②要求：责求。责令。责成。
③指摘过失：责备。责怪。斥责。责罚。谴责。
④质问，诘问：责问。责难。责让。
⑤旧指为了惩罚而打：鞭责。杖责。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 貝

Ideographic:Money 貝 that must be repaid

Character Formation:

Similar Characters: 貴

	責任HSK 4	zé rèn	responsibility; blame; duty; Classifiers: 个
	責任制	zé rèn zhì	system of job responsibility

1		tā 他 fù zé 负责 dǎ sǎo 打扫 chú fáng 厨房。 He is responsible for cleaning the kitchen.
2		zhè zhǒng 这种 xíng wéi 行为 shòu dào 受到 qiǎn zé 谴责。 This behavior is condemned.
3		nǐ 你 duì 对 zhè 这 jiàn 件 shì 事 fù yǒu 负有 zé rèn 责任。 You are responsible for this matter.
4		tā 他 yīn wèi 因为 chí dào 迟到 bèi 被 lǎo shī 老师 zhǐ zé 指责。 He was reprimanded by the teacher for being late.
5		zhè ge 这个 shì jiàn 事件 liǎng bian 两边 dōu 都 yǒu 有 zé rèn 责任。 Both sides are responsible for this incident.

1		tā 他 fù zé 负责 dǎ sǎo 打扫 chú fáng 厨房。 He is responsible for cleaning the kitchen.
2		zhè zhǒng 这种 xíng wéi 行为 shòu dào 受到 qiǎn zé 谴责。 This behavior is condemned.
3		nǐ 你 duì 对 zhè 这 jiàn 件 shì 事 fù yǒu 负有 zé rèn 责任。 You are responsible for this matter.
4		tā 他 yīn wèi 因为 chí dào 迟到 bèi 被 lǎo shī 老师 zhǐ zé 指责。 He was reprimanded by the teacher for being late.
5		zhè ge 这个 shì jiàn 事件 liǎng bian 两边 dōu 都 yǒu 有 zé rèn 责任。 Both sides are responsible for this incident.