候任

-elect / designate / (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)

to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days

surname Ren / Ren County 任縣|任县[Ren2 Xian4] in Hebei

to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)