How to say “person in charge” in Chinese

负责人
fùzérén

person in charge

noun · HSK 4 · topic “Office and documents”

“Person in charge” in Chinese is 负责人, fù zé rén: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

负责人 is read fù zé rén: 3 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

fù — 4th tonesharply falling, like “Stop!”
zé — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”
rén — 2nd tonerising, like a surprised “huh?”

How to write it

负
fù — bear, carry; be responsible

At the bottom, 贝 — “shell, money”.

责
zé — responsibility; reproach

At the bottom, 贝 “money”: originally “to demand payment of a debt”. It sits on the right of 绩 jì.

人
rén — person

A picture of a walking person: two legs.

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “负责人”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 负责人. Tap the sound icon to listen.

  • 我们选他当负责人wǒmenxuǎntādāngfùzérénWe chose him to be in charge.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you say “person in charge” in Chinese?

“Person in charge” in Chinese is 负责人, pinyin fùzérén.

What does 负责人 mean?

负责人 (fùzérén) means “person in charge”.

How do you write 负责人?

负责人 is 3 characters: 负 (fù) — bear, carry; be responsible; 责 (zé) — responsibility; reproach; 人 (rén) — person. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.

How do you pronounce 负责人?

负责人 is read fùzérén. Tones: fù — fourth tone, zé — second tone, rén — second tone. The page has an audio recording.

“person in charge” in the lesson “Who's in charge of what”

This word is from the topic “Office and documents” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.

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