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Usage of the character 担

dān
[擔]
  • to undertake
  • to carry
  • to shoulder
  • to take responsibility
dàn
[擔]
  • picul (100 catties, 50 kg)
  • two buckets full
  • carrying pole and its load
  • classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole
biǎndan
扁担
[扁擔]
  • carrying pole
  • shoulder pole
  • CL:根 (gēn)
dānge
担搁
[擔擱]
  • variant of 耽擱/耽搁 (dānge)
fēndān
分担
[分擔]
  • to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
língdān
零担
[零擔]
  • less-than-truck-load freight (LTL) (transportation)
dāndài
担待
[擔待]
  • to pardon
  • please excuse (me)
  • to take responsibility
shìdàn
市担
[市擔]
  • Chinese unit of weight equal to 100 jin (or 50 kg)
chéngdān
承担
[承擔]
  • to undertake
  • to assume (responsibility etc)
dāndāng
担当
[擔當]
  • to take upon oneself
  • to assume
dānbǎo
担保
[擔保]
  • to guarantee
  • to vouch for
dānyōu
担懮
[擔懮]
  • worry
  • anxiety
dānfù
担负
[擔負]
  • to shoulder
  • to bear
  • to undertake
dānjià
担架
[擔架]
  • stretcher
  • litter
  • bier
dānwu
担误
[擔誤]
  • variant of 耽誤/耽误 (dānwu)
dānxīn
担心
[擔心]
  • anxious
  • worried
  • uneasy
  • to worry
  • to be anxious
dànzi
担子
[擔子]
  • carrying pole and the loads on it
  • burden
  • task
  • responsibility
  • CL:副 (fù)
dāngāng
担纲
[擔綱]
  • to play the leading role
dānyōu
担忧
[擔憂]
  • to worry
  • to be concerned
fùdān
负担
[負擔]
  • to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc)
  • burden
zhòngdàn
重担
[重擔]
  • heavy burden; difficult task; great responsibility
dānchéng
担承
[擔承]
  • to undertake
  • to assume (responsibility etc)
gōngdàn
公担
[公擔]
  • quintal (100 kg)
dānhè
担荷
[擔荷]
  • to shoulder a burden
dānrèn
担任
[擔任]
  • to hold a governmental office or post
  • to assume office of
  • to take charge of
  • to serve as
dānjiàtái
担架抬
[擔架抬]
  • stretcher (for the injured)
Biǎndanxīng
扁担星
[扁擔星]
  • Altair and its two adjacent stars
dānjiàbīng
担架兵
[擔架兵]
  • stretcher bearer (military)
dàndànmiàn
担担面
[擔擔麵]
  • Sichuan noodles with a spicy and numbing sauce
dànzǎimiàn
担仔面
[擔仔麵]
  • ta-a noodles or danzai noodles, popular snack originating from Tainan
dānjiàchuáng
担架床
[擔架床]
  • stretcher
fùdānzhě
负担者
[負擔者]
  • bearer
qiānyángdānjiǔ
牵羊担酒
[牽羊擔酒]
  • pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congratulations
  • to kill the fatted calf
dānjīngshòupà
担惊受怕
[擔驚受怕]
  • to feel apprehensive
  • to be alarmed
fùdānbuqǐ
负担不起
[負擔不起]
  • cannot afford
  • cannot bear the burden
tìgǔréndānyōu
替古人担忧
[替古人擔憂]
  • to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
  • crying over spilt milk
  • often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
zīchǎndānbǎozhèngquàn
资产担保证券
[資產擔保證券]
  • asset-backed security
  • ABS
zhàiwùdānbǎozhèngquàn
债务担保证券
[債務擔保證券]
  • collateralized debt obligation (CDO), type of bond