| 定点 | dìng diǎn | to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number) |   |
| 聘任 | pìn rèn | to appoint (to a position) / appointed | |
| 其所 | qí suǒ | its place / one's appointed place / the place for that | |
| 专人 | zhuān rén | specialist / person appointed for specific task | |
| 受命 | shòu mìng | ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel | |
| 薄熙来 | Bó Xī lái | Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct | |
| 首任 | shǒu rèn | first person to be appointed to a post | |
| 荣任 | róng rèn | to be appointed or elevated to a post | |
| 新官上任三把火 | xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ | (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom) | |
| 候任 | hòu rèn | -elect / designate / (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed) | |
| 受任 | shòu rèn | appointment (to a job) / to be appointed (to high office) / to accept an appointment / entrusted with responsibilities / same as 授任 | |
| 失期 | shī qī | late (for an appointed time) | |
| 宪法监护委员会 | Xiàn fǎ Jiān hù Wěi yuán huì | Guardian Council, body of 12 appointed clerics which governs Iran | |
| 授任 | shòu rèn | appointment (to a job) / to be appointed (to high office) / to accept an appointment / entrusted with responsibilities / same as 授任 | |
| 秘书长任命的海地人权状况独立专家 | | Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Haiti | |
| 秘书长任命的索马里人权状况独立专家 | | Independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Somalia | |
| 愆期 | qiān qī | (formal) to delay / to miss a deadline / to fail to do sth at the appointed time | |
