"Appointment" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 约会 | yuē huì | appointment / engagement / date / CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4] / to arrange to meet |   |
| 任命 | rèn mìng | to appoint / (job) appointment / CL:紙|纸[zhi3] | |
| 约定 | yuē dìng | to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 预约 | yù yuē | booking / reservation / to book / to make an appointment | |
| 相约 | xiāng yuē | to agree (on a meeting place, date etc) / to reach agreement / to make an appointment | |
| 改天 | gǎi tiān | another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check | |
| 推辞 | tuī cí | to decline (an appointment, invitation etc) | |
| 特派 | tè pài | special appointment / special correspondent / task force / sb dispatched on a mission | |
| 约见 | yuē jiàn | to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador) | |
| 赴约 | fù yuē | to keep an appointment | |
| 考试院 | Kǎo shì yuàn | Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board | |
| 失约 | shī yuē | to miss an appointment | |
| 聘书 | pìn shū | letter of appointment / contract | |
| 走马上任 | zǒu mǎ shàng rèn | to ride to take up an official appointment (idiom) / to take on a job with alacrity / to undertake a task | |
| 守约 | shǒu yuē | to keep an appointment / to keep one's word | |
| 任人唯亲 | rèn rén wéi qīn | to appoint people by favoritism (idiom) / nepotism / corrupt appointment | |
| 任人唯贤 | rèn rén wéi xián | to appoint people according to their merits (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity | |
| 密约 | mì yuē | secret appointment | |
| 约 |  yuē | to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise | |
| 弹冠相庆 | tán guān xiāng qìng | lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom) / to celebrate an official appointment / to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc) | |
| 任贤使能 | rèn xián shǐ néng | to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity | |
| 走马到任 | zǒu mǎ dào rèn | to ride to take up an official appointment (idiom) / to take on a job with alacrity / to undertake a task | |
| 走马赴任 | zǒu mǎ fù rèn | to ride to take up an official appointment (idiom) / to take on a job with alacrity / to undertake a task | |
| 爽约 | shuǎng yuē | to miss an appointment | |
| 委任书 | wěi rèn shū | letter of appointment | |
| 任事 | rèn shì | appointment to an important post | |
| 居官 | jū guān | to secure a position / to take an official appointment | |
| 特任 | tè rèn | special appointment | |
| 轮任 | lún rèn | rotating appointment (e.g. presidency of EU) | |
| 起叙一级的任用 | appointment at the entry level | | |
| 限期任用 | xiàn qī rèn yòng | appointment of limited duration | |
| 临时任用 | lín shí rèn yòng | temporary appointment | |
| 定期任用 | dìng qī rèn yòng | fixed-term appointment | |
| 任用条件 | rèn yòng tiáo jiàn | terms of appointment | |
| 终身任用 | zhōng shēn rèn yòng | career appointment | |
| 非终身任用 | fēi zhōng shēn rèn yòng | non-career appointment | |
| 联合任用和升级委员会 | Joint Appointment and Promotion Board | | |
| 总部任用和升级委员会 | Headquarters Appointment and Promotion Board | | |
| 连续任用 | lián xù rèn yòng | continuing appointment / continuing contract | |
| 连续合同 | lián xù hé tòng | continuing appointment / continuing contract | |
| 司法咨询委员会 | Advisory Judicial Commission on the Appointment and Removal from Office of Judges and Prosecutors / Advisory Judicial Commission | | |
| 无限期任用 | indefinite appointment / indefinite contract | | |
| 无限期合同 | indefinite appointment / indefinite contract | | |
| 任用书 | letter of appointment | | |
| 长期任用 | permanent appointment | | |
| 任命状 | rèn mìng zhuàng | certificate of appointment (to government office) | |
