nhậm

Ông ấy nhậm chức giám đốc mới tại công ty.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To assume (a position or duty): To formally begin holding an official job, title, or responsibility. This is the core and most common meaning of "nhậm".
   • To accept and undertake: To take on a task, role, or charge, often with a sense of formality and obligation.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông ấy sẽ nhậm chức giám đốc vào tuần tới. (He will assume the position of director next week.)
  • Bà đã chính thức nhậm nhiệm vụ mới. (She has officially assumed her new duty.)
  • Sau khi được bổ nhiệm, ông ta lập tức nhậm chức. (After being appointed, he immediately took up the post.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "nhậm" is almost exclusively used in formal, official, or literary contexts related to positions, duties, and offices. It is rarely used in casual, everyday conversation.
• It is most frequently seen in the fixed phrase "nhậm chức" (to take up a post/to assume office).

Variants and Related Words

• Nhậm chức (v): To assume office; to take up an official post.

  • Lễ nhậm chức của tân tổng thống sẽ được truyền hình trực tiếp. (The new president's inauguration ceremony will be broadcast live.)

• Nhậm nhiệm (v): To take up a duty or appointment.

  • Vị đại sứ mới đã nhậm nhiệm tại Hà Nội. (The new ambassador has taken up his duty in Hanoi.)

Synonyms

• Assume: To take on (a role or responsibility).
• Take up: To begin (a position or duty).
• Enter upon: To start (an office or role).

Related Idioms

• Nhậm chức, nhậm quyền: To assume office and authority. This phrase emphasizes the formal commencement of both the title and the power that comes with it.
  • Sau lễ tuyên thệ, vị chủ tịch mới chính thức nhậm chức, nhậm quyền. (After the swearing-in ceremony, the new chairman officially assumed office and authority.)