Definition & Meaning

teach; be a teacher; hold a teaching post; work as a teacher

Word usage

rèn jiào

任 教

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v.teach; be a teacher; hold a teaching post; work as a teacher
- tā zài dà xué rèn jiào
  他在大学任教。
  He teaches in college.
- tā rèn jiào duō nián le
  他任教多年了。
  He has been a teacher for many years.
- tā zài zhè cūn li rèn jiào sān shí duō nián
  他在这村里任教三十多年。
  He has been teaching in this village school for more than 30 years.
- zài zhōng xué rèn jiào
  在中学任教
  teach in a middle school
- tā zài dāng dì de jì shù xué yuàn rèn jiào
  他在当地的技术学院任教。
  He teaches at the local tech.
- tā lái wǒ men xué yuàn rèn jiào qián chōng rèn guò rì bào de zhǔ biān
  他来我们学院任教前充任过日报的主编
  He edited a daily paper before he came to teach at our college.
synonym
zhí jiào执教 zhí biān执鞭

Word usage

Separable word
"任" and "教" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 我在那个学校任过教。
  I taught in that school.
- 他在那所中学任了五年教。
  He has taught in that middle school for five years.

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