主任 (zhǔ rèn) means “director; head”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Measure word: 个
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他被任命为部门主任。
Tā bèi rènmìng wéi bùmén zhǔrèn.
He was appointed as department director.
Updated: 2026-05-27