The poor people were at the mercy of the cruel dictator.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
任凭
no matter what
IN A VIDEO任凭
See this word with its surrounding sentence, pinyin, translation, and timestamp.
DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
no matter what
02
despite
03
to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 任凭 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 任凭 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Though tears may flow down your face, I won't look back.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 任凭.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 任凭.
Directly before
- 人民任凭1
Directly after
- 任凭你2
- 任凭残暴1
- 任凭眼泪1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 任凭
What does 任凭 mean in Chinese?
任凭 (rènpíng) means no matter what.
How do you pronounce 任凭?
任凭 is pronounced rènpíng.
Is 任凭 an HSK word?
任凭 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
SEE IT IN CONTEXT
Upload a videoTurn your own Chinese video into a searchable learning file.
Keep English optional, place pinyin above Hanzi, and export subtitles named after your video.