任性
rèn xìng
Pinyin

Definition

任性
 - 
rèn xìng
  1. willful
  2. headstrong
  3. unruly

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

任
Rén
  1. 1 surname Ren
  2. 2 Ren County 任縣|任县[Rén Xiàn] in Hebei
任何
rèn hé
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 whatever
  3. 3 whichever
  4. 4 whatsoever
任务
rèn wu
  1. 1 mission
  2. 2 assignment
  3. 3 task
  4. 4 duty
  5. 5 role
  6. 6 classifier: 项 xiàng
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
任性
rèn xìng
  1. 1 willful
  2. 2 headstrong
  3. 3 unruly
任意
rèn yì
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 arbitrary
  3. 3 at will
  4. 4 at random

Idioms (20)

任人唯亲
rèn rén wéi qīn
  1. 1 to appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism
  2. 2 corrupt appointment
任人唯贤
rèn rén wéi xián
  1. 1 to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
任人宰割
rèn rén zǎi gē
  1. 1 to get trampled on (idiom)
  2. 2 to be taken advantage of
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
任劳任怨
rèn láo rèn yuàn
  1. 1 to work hard without complaint (idiom)

Sample Sentences

好、好，您唱，您任性您唱。
hǎo 、hǎo ，nín chàng ，nín rènxìng nín chàng 。
Good, good. Sing, sing if you're so insistent.
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瞧瞧，才说他任性，现在要跳舞了。您老跳啥啊？
qiáo qiao ，cái shuō tā rènxìng ，xiànzài yào tiàowǔ le 。nínlǎo tiào shá ā ？
Looky here. I just said you were headstrong. Now you want to dance. What dance will you do?
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不是我打击你啊，这你就太任性了，吃喝我们也得讲究个品味，“应景”，“应景”你听说过过吗？
bùshì wǒ dǎjī nǐ ā ，zhè nǐ jiù tài rènxìng le ，chīhē wǒmen yě děi jiǎngjiu gè pǐnwèi ，“yìngjǐng ”，“yìngjǐng ”nǐ tīngshuō guo guò ma ？
I'm not attacking you. You're so headstrong. With food it's necessary to pay special attention to a connection to the local environment and the season. Have you heard of this kind of idea?
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我说了，不只是电费的问题，是态度，我就是受不了他这种任性的态度，再说，我们又没有不让他用，只是要他省着点用，真的很难沟通。
wǒ shuō le ，bù zhǐshì diànfèi de wèntí ，shì tàidu ，wǒ jiùshì shòubuliǎo tā zhèzhǒng rènxìng de tàidu ，zài shuō ，wǒmen yòu méiyǒu bùràng tā yòng ，zhǐshì yào tā shěngzhe diǎnr yòng ，zhēnde hěn nán gōutōng 。
Didn't I say, it's not just about the bill, it is an attitude problem, I can't stand his willfulness, and we're not even stopping him from using electricity, we're just telling him to try and be more careful how he uses, he's so hard to talk to.
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你别那么任性嘛。你不是反应很厉害吗？
nǐ bié nàme rènxìng ma 。nǐ bùshì fǎnyìng hěn lìhai ma ？
Don't be so stubborn. Haven't you had a really rough reaction to being pregnant?
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