# 任性 (rènxìng): willful | HSK 7-9 Vocabulary | HSKReady

Canonical: https://hskready.app/en/vocabulary/hsk-7-9/renxing-8815
Language: en
Content ID: hsk-7-9-8815
HSK levels: 7-9
Updated: 2026-10-23T04:53:02.447Z
Scope: approved public sample; full vocabulary, question bank and mock exams remain in the app.

Learn 任性 (rènxìng), HSK 7-9: willful; headstrong; unruly. Hear standard pronunciation and read a Chinese example with its English meaning.

# 任性

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rènxìng

willful; headstrong; unruly

HSK 7-9

## Pronunciation

rènxìng

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## Example sentence

他从小就非常任性，想做什么就做什么，谁也管不了。

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù fēicháng rènxìng, xiǎng zuò shénme jiù zuò shénme, shéi yě guǎn bù liǎo.

He has been very willful since childhood, doing whatever he wants and no one can control him.

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