Chinese symbol for “incumbent”
现任
xiàn rèn
Traditional: 現任
to occupy a post currently; current (president etc); incumbent; (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for incumbent is 现任 (xiàn rèn), defined as: to occupy a post currently; current (president etc); incumbent; (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “incumbent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 义不容辞 (義不容辭) | yì bù róng cí | not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom); incumbent |
| 在任 | zài rèn | to be in office; incumbent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 现任.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 现在 (現在) | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 发现 (發現) | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
| 出现 (出現) | chū xiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
| 实现 (實現) | shí xiàn | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about |
| 表现 (表現) | biǎo xiàn | to show; to show off |
| 现场 (現場) | xiàn chǎng | the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot |
| 任何 | rèn hé | any; whatever; whichever |
| 任务 (任務) | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “incumbent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.